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Arch Ophthalmol. 2001;119:1544-1546.

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INTRODUCTION

Age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) is a leading cause of visual loss in adults older than 60 years.¹ Once central vision has been seriously jeopardized, visual function can only be improved with optical devices that produce magnification of near and distant images. Koziol et al² reported the use of a teledioptric lens implant with a high-minus central zone (2.5 mm). When this implant is used in combination with eyeglasses as part of a teledioptric system, the magnified visual field obtained is 2.6 times greater than that achieved using an external telescope (magnification power, x3; focusing distance, 50 cm; magnification power with the aid of external spectacles, x8; visual field, 6,6° equivalent to 20° in the retina). However, the disadvantages found when a combined telescopic system is used still occur. The implantable miniaturized telescope (IMT) (VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies Ltd, Yehud, Israel) designed by Lipshitz et al³ should partially prevent the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Corresponding author and reprints: Julián García-Feijoó, MD, PhD, C/ San Francisco de Sales 12 (6°A), 28003 Madrid, Spain (e-mail: mherrerad@sego.es).