Macular surgery.
The macula is the area of retina responsible for central, detailed vision, its importance for visual function being out of proportion to its small size. It is the site of several diseases, including age-related macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in the UK. Recent advances in microsurgical techniques have introduced the possibility of treatment for many previously untreatable macular diseases.
Moorfields Eye Hospital, London.
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Aylward
D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply*; D005584:Fovea Centralis / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000601:surgery*; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000601:surgery*; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014821:Vitrectomy