scar tissue in the eye

[Tish160]

my son had eye surgery when he was 1-3 years old. he was in a car accident and smashed his head on the dash of the car. he had 5 or 6 surgeries to try to reatach his retinas, from all the surgeries he has a lot of scar tissue in both eyes, and he is now completly blind. my son is now 6. is there any way to fix this to where he can see?

[Tish160]

thank you very much every thing i've read says there really is no hope. you really made my day. thank you very much.

[Michael J Kutryb, MD]

In the future he may be able to have special glasses that either stimulate his optic nerves if healthy or in his case possibly his visual cortex of the brain - like on star trek.  There should be a system available in the next 5 -10 - 15 years.  There are several major ongoing projects especially at MIT.  He will see someday, with one of these systems, I believe, but the resoluton will be really low initially.  Do some research on artificial vision or retinal microchip on google.

MJK