Blindness after a severe brain injury could be reversed
- 20.12.2016
- EmmaArnold
- Personal-injury, Opinion, Personal-injury, Opinion
Scientists have claimed the vision of those left blind after a serious injury can be cured through common surgery.
People who have suffered a traumatic brain injury and have been left blind as a result could recover full 20/20 vision after the simple operation.
A vitrectomy removes the vitreous gel from the middle of the eye, in between the lens and the retina, and replaces it with saline solution.
The scientists studied victims of car accidents who has suffered a brain injury with a haemorrhage in the eye which causes the loss of vision.
Hugh Potter, Partner and personal injury solicitor, said:
This is potentially wonderful news for patients who become blind through secondary bleeding in their eyes after a head injury
Some of the patients who were tested could barely see a hand waving in front of their face but a few months later they had perfect vision.
The surgery on the eye can even be delayed several months while the patient recovers from other issues of their brain injury.