Macular Translocation Surgery has maintained or improved reading vision in a majority of patients. Many patients are able to read magazines and newsprint following surgery, although some require reading glasses or low vision aids, such as hand-held magnifiers.

Few patients are able to drive a car following surgery.

Vision is temporarily tilted and some people notice double vision. This happens because the macula's new location has caused a change in central vision. A second surgery perfomed in the muscles of the eye will usually corrects this, although there is a chance that some tilt and double vision may persist. This can be managed, generally with glasses. The tilt is demonstrated in these pictures taken by a patient before muscle surgery.