Ophthalmic surgeon Jenny Watts from the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester removed one cloudy cataract and replaced it with a silicon lens -- the first such operation performed on an adult gorilla in Europe,according to the zoo.

• 据动物园的工作人员介绍，这次的手术由英国温彻斯特汉普郡皇家医院的外科医生詹尼·沃茨主刀，在欧洲，罗米纳是第一只接受这种手术的成年大猩猩。手术中，医生首先要去处一只眼睛里的白内障，然后在眼球内镶入一只硅制镜片。