Editor,—Age related macular degeneration1 is one of the leading reasons for legal blindness in the western world.2 Most therapeutic strategies, however, have so far been unsuccessful in restoring vision for the majority of patients. Recently, Robert Machemer suggested translocating the macula on healthy retinal pigment epithelium, outside the originally central region of the fundus.3 The method includes a circumferential peripheral retinotomy to mobilise the retina. The retinotomy has usually been performed by cutting the retina close to the ora serrata using scissors or the vitrectomy instrument.3-5 Using scissors can lead …