Macular translocation for wet age-related macular degeneration
Summary
The Interventional Procedures Advisory Committee (IPAC) has considered this procedure and NICE has issued a consultation document about its safety and efficacy. Consultation has now ended. IPAC will consider the consultation comments and produce a Final Interventional Procedures Document, which will be considered by NICE before guidance is issued to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The consultation period for this procedure closed on the 27th January 2010.
Description
Age-related macular degeneration is an eye disorder that causes problems with central vision (seeing things straight in front of you)and affecting the part of the retina (the back of the eye) called the macula. Wet macular degeneration happens because fluid leaks into the area under the macula causing scarring.
The aim of macular translocation is to improve vision. It involves cutting and moving the macula on an a nearby healthier area of the retina.
A small cut is made in the retina to get to the outer layers of the eye. A ‘tuck’ is put into these layers with a stitch so that the macula ends up laying over a different part of the choroid layer. This ‘tuck’ method is called limited macular translocation.
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Details
Surgical procedures
Contact details:
(for general enquiries or comments)
Interventional Procedures Programme
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
MidCity Place
71 High Holborn
London
WC1V 6NA
