In a groundbreaking procedure, Brent Chapman from North Vancouver is one of the first Canadians to receive tooth-in-eye ...

Another surgery removes the scar tissue from the patient’s eye and replaces it with healthy tissue also harvested from a cheek. In a final procedure, doctors sew the implant into the eye socket ...

Science A tooth to restore vision: what seems like something out of a science fiction novel is, in fact, a medical reality.

Scar tissue forms when a wound heals but is different from skin tissue. For example, it is less elastic, leading to tightness, limited movement, and pain. Exercise, moisturizing, and other home ...

Clear vision is what allows us to experience the world in vivid detail and navigate our daily lives with ease. But there are hundreds of eye diseases, from common conditions such as cataracts ...

F or the first time in Canada, surgeons have successfully carried out the first stage of a procedure involving implanting a ...

Scars, like diamonds, are forever. Right? That is not necessarily true. Made of silicone, scar tape touts that it can be placed over a wound to minimize scarring and accelerate the healing process.

Baylor Medicine offers the Graston Technique® for injury treatment and rehabilitation. This remarkable procedure allows us to detect and treat areas of “scar tissue” or adhesions in muscles, tendons ...

First, a tooth is removed, shaped and fitted with a lens. The patient’s eye is prepared by removing scar tissue and inserting soft cheek tissue. The tooth is then implanted in the cheek to grow ...