Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Monkey surgery

Orangutan undergoes cataract surgery (AP)

REFILE - CORRECTING SPELLING OF LAST NAME South African animal ophthalmologist Izak Venter performs eye surgery on an orangutan named "Aman" at Matang Wildlife Centre in Sarawak on Borneo island May 16, 2007. Venter on Wednesday performed a two-and-a-half-hour operation, described by a Matang wildlife official as the world's first cataract surgery performed on an orangutan, on both eyes of the 150 kg, 19-year-old Aman, who has been suffering from decreasing vision since 2000. REUTERS/Stringer (MALAYSIA)AP - An orangutan is expected to have improved vision after successfully undergoing cataract surgery Wednesday, the world's first ever such operation on a great ape, a wildlife official said.


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