Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Limited Retinal Translocation for Wet Macular Degeneration

by Samantha Power

August 31st, 2010

Limited Retinal Translocation-Limited retinal translocation is another treatment aimed at wet macular degeneration. In this procedure the retina is actually moved somewhat to allow laser treatments to be applied more successfully to abnormal blood vessel growth. The procedure is still in the macular degeneration treatments developmental stages in terms of approval for commercial applications. Surgical options for dry macular degeneration are proposed periodically. The methodologies change from procedure to procedure, but the general idea is the same.

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