A patient may benefit from Macular Translocation Surgery if he or she has central vision loss in one eye AND the second eye has:

• Recent vision loss: six months maximum and the wet form of macular degeneration
• Recent vision loss: six months maximum and dry macular degeneration
• Visual acuity worse than 20/60

Who will not benefit from Macular Translocation Surgery:

• Patients with an old scarred macula will not regain vision
• Patients with other eye diseases, such as diabetic retinopathy or trauma
• Patients with extremely poor vision (worse than 20/400) or long-term vision loss

What you should know:

• Many patients with recent vision loss from macular degeneration have recovered useful reading vision after macular translocation surgery; however, this is not a guaranteed outcome. So far there have been only a small number of surgeries performed worldwide.
• As with any surgery, macular translocation surgery may have complications such as retinal detachment or vision loss. Your doctor will discuss possible complications.