There is no cure for End-Stage AMD. It is uncorrectable by drugs, glasses, or cataract surgery. However, the CentraSight treatment program can help improve vision. The telescope implant has been shown to improve vision and quality of life in appropriate patients with End-Stage AMD. The program uses a tiny telescope, created from VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies. The implantable telescope is about the size of a pea. It is implanted behind the iris, the colored part of the eye. The implant is barely noticeable in the eye. Once the telescope is implanted inside the eye, it projects images in the field of view onto healthy areas of the central retina outside of the degenerated macula. The image is enlarged and it reduces the effect the blind spot has on the central vision. Usually the healthy areas outside the macula are used for peripheral vision. The magnification the telescope implant provides (2.2x or 2.7x) makes it possible to see or discern the central vision object of interest. In the CentraSight treatment program, a person uses the eye with the telescope implant for detailed central vision (like reading). The other eye is used for peripheral vision (like checking for cars while driving). The implant doesn't limit the natural eye movements and it doesn't require the patient to move their entire head, unlike external magnifying appliances. As a patient in the CentraSight program, they will need to work with low vision specialist to develop the skills they need to use. One of the skills that they have to learn is how to switch their viewing back and forth between the eye with the telescope implant and the eye without the implant. They will also need to wear eye glasses and may need to sometimes use a hand-held magnifier with the telescope-implanted eye to read.
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