Good Samaritan Hospital Patient First in California to Receive Telescope Implant for Macular Degeneration

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Physicians at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles successfully implanted the FDA-approved eye telescope, a first in California. The first-of-kind telescope implant is integral to CentraSight™, a new patient care program for treating patients with end-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most advanced form of AMD and the leading cause of blindness in older Americans. It is the only medical/surgical option that improves visual acuity by reducing the impact of the central vision blind spot caused by end-stage AMD...

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