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  2. Retinal implant - Wikipedia

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    The Manchester Royal Infirmary and Prof Paulo E Stanga announced on July 22, 2015, the first successful implantation of Second Sight's Argus II in patients with severe Age Related Macular Degeneration. [23] [24] These results are very impressive as it appears that the patients integrate the residual vision and the artificial vision. It ...

  3. Macular degeneration - Wikipedia

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    The incidence of age-related macular degeneration and its associated features increases with age and is low in people <55 years of age. [101] Smoking is the strongest modifiable risk factor. [102] As of 2008, age-related macular degeneration accounts for more than 54% of all vision loss in the white population in the US. [103]

  4. Stem cell therapy for macular degeneration - Wikipedia

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    This surgery was made more efficient by using "super donor" cells, derived from individuals with specific white blood cell types that reduce the risk of immune rejection. Approximately 250,000 retinal pigment epithelial cells, generated from these donor-derived iPSCs, were transplanted into the patient’s eye.

  5. Laser coagulation - Wikipedia

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    The American Academy of Ophthalmology practice guidelines recommend laser coagulation for people who have both mild to moderate nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) and clinically significant macular edema outside the fovea; treatment with anti-VEGF drugs is better than laser coagulation for clinically significant macular edema in the fovea. [1]

  6. Scleral reinforcement surgery - Wikipedia

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    Scleral reinforcement surgery is not presently popular in the United States, and there has been a scarcity of published clinical studies. Donor sclera material is also difficult to acquire and store, and artificial materials are still being tested. This procedure is much more popular in other countries, such as the former Soviet Union and Japan ...

  7. Macular Society - Wikipedia

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    The Macular Society is a UK [1] [2] charity that offers support to anyone affected by central vision loss.. Many of the charity's members have age-related macular degeneration (AMD), but its services are open to people with various retinal conditions, including myopic macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and inherited retinal dystrophies like Stargardt disease, Best disease, and Sorsby ...

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