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Man's eye transplant recovery leaves doctors "truly amazed" after live wire accident

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Utility line worker Aaron James lost most of his face in a June 2021 work accident.

He was rushed to a regional burn unit after accidentally touching a live wire.

James was in a medically induced coma for six weeks and spent more than three months in a Dallas hospital.

Doctors performed the world's first whole-eye and partial-face transplant in May 2023 .

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