Ophthalmology professor Robert MacLaren and Nuffield Medical fellow Dr. Thomas Edwards performed eye surgery using a remotely controlled robot, lifting a membrane of the retina at the back right of the eye that was 1/100 mm thick. The surgery was performed on the Rev. Dr. William Beaver.
Beaver’s surgery was performed to correct a growing membrane on the surface of his retina that caused his vision to appear as if he was looking in a hall of mirrors at a carnival. The membrane was 1/100 mm thick and needed to be removed without damaging the retina.
In other news, a University of Oxford student has developed a synthetic, soft tissue retina that could help treat degenerative eye conditions like retinitis pigmentosa.
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