Marc H. Levy, a Sarasota neuro-opthalmologist, surgically implanted the first U.S. Food & Drug Administration-approved telescope prosthesis for patients with end-stage macular degeneration.
It is the first such implant in Florida, according to a written statement.
In an hour-long procedure at Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s outpatient Cape Surgery Center, the pea-sized telescope was implanted directly into the right eye of an elderly Venice woman with severe vision loss due to age-related macular…
Marc H. Levy, a Sarasota neuro-opthalmologist, surgically implanted the first U.S. Food & Drug Administration-approved telescope prosthesis for patients with end-stage macular degeneration.
It is the first such implant in Florida, according to a written statement.
In an hour-long procedure at Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s outpatient Cape Surgery Center, the pea-sized telescope was implanted directly into the right eye of an elderly Venice woman with severe vision loss due to age-related macular…