Dr. Luis Fernandez de Castro, left, assists Dr. Charlene Grice in implanting a telescopic lens into Justine Wise's right eye. This is the first time this procedure has been done in the southeast and will help Wise to regain some of her sight that has been lost due to age-related macular degeneration.
Justine Wise was the first person in the southeast to receive the implantable telescopic lens.
Dr. Luis Fernandez de Castro, left, assists Dr. Charlene Grice in implanting a telescopic lens into Justine Wise's right eye. This is the first time this procedure has been done in the southeast and will help Wise to regain some of her sight that has been lost due to age-related macular degeneration.
Dr. Charlene Grice begins the telescopic lens implant surgery on Justine Wise's right eye Friday July 13, 2012 at Rutledge Tower. Wise has end-stage age-related macular degeneration and was receiving the implant to help improve her eyesight. 
End-Stage Age-Related Macular Degeneration is the leading
cause of blindness. The disease creates a permanent central vision
blind spot making it difficult or impossible to recognize even close
family or friends.
Smaller than a pea, the telescope implant uses quartz-glass wideangle
micro-optics to improve vision for patients with End-Stage
AMD, the most advanced form of macular degeneration.
CentraSight implantable telescope technology reduces the impact
of the central vision blind spot due to End-Stage AMD. The
telescope implant projects the objects the patient is looking at on
to the healthy area of the light-sensing retina not degenerated by
the disease.
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A nurse hands the doctor a syringe.
Dr. Grice implants the telescopic lens into her patient as other look on during the first procedure to be performed in the southeast.
