Opening “windows to the soul” for abandoned baby boys

Little Morning has congenital bilateral cryptophthalmia Cryptophthalmia? It is a rare autosomal recessive disorder in which the patient is born with a malformation of the eyeball and eyelid area, with the eyeball completely covered by the skin and no lid fissure, only the remains of the eyeball or no eyeball at all. Because of the lack of light stimulation, the affected child’s vision gradually deteriorates with age until he or she becomes blind. Less than 100 cases of this disease have been reported worldwide, and it is mostly unilateral and even less common bilaterally. Although this is a difficult surgery with no precedent, the specialists decided to perform the surgery as soon as possible to reconstruct the eye fissure and improve its appearance, as well as to stimulate light and promote the development of the eye as early as possible. After an hour of intense surgery with the collaboration of the anesthesiology department, the oculoplasty was completed and the skin tissue adhering to the eyeball was successfully separated; little Chen was finally able to open his eyes. The specialist said that this is only the first step in the treatment, and further examination will be needed to find out whether the two sides of little Chen’s stunted eyes have certain visual functions. The second stage of surgery will be performed in a month.