Complex Vitreoretinal Surgery - Autologous Translocation of Retinal Pigment Epithelium-choroid Graft

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a chronic, bilateral and very disabling disease and thus a leading cause of vision loss worldwide. Replacement of the diseased retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells is considered an attractive possibility for cases of AMD not suitable to be managed with the standard treatments. In this model autologous translocation of the choroid and RPE is carried out in porcine eyes closely following the technique described by van Meurs & Van Den Biesen (2003).