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Improving Vision: Transplants and Technologies
What are the results of retinal transplantation in patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and dry age related macular degeneration (ARMD) since 2002?

The table below (Figure 3) shows the current results for patients who received retinal transplants since 2002. Subjective comments from patients are also provided.

Patient EB: At six months, she first noted improved vision when she saw the pendulum swing on her grandfather clock across from her favorite chair. At four years after surgery, the patient noted that she could definitely see better with the eye that underwent operation. The vision in that eye was less cloudy than that of the unoperated eye. She could also read the Reader's Digest (large print edition) and read print on the computer with the operated eye which she could not read with the unoperated eye. She can now write checks, sew and thread a needle occasionally, and can paint ceramics.

Patient DS: She can now see more color and is better able to see light clothing in a dark closet which was black before. She relies on the operated right eye now when she previously relied on the left unoperated eye. She sees more shapes in dark areas now and she sees her face better in the mirror now with the operated eye, which she could not do preoperatively. She sees the upper field better than before, which coincides appropriately with the transplanted retinal area of the eye.

Retinal Transplantation Cumulative Results Since 2002:

Patient RN: Sees more clearly. At one year, patient could see objects at night in a car at a distance more clearly. At two years, patient could see more clearly with right eye can't read or see TV features, but can see the screen clearer with the right eye.

Patient RL: She has noted subjective improvement where the operated eye is now her better eye. She sees her clock better, and when reading with her magnifier she sees better than she did before surgery.

Patient RS: At six months, he sees more light peripherally to the right than he did preoperatively. Corresponds to MP1 test.