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Gazi Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı Interest in exploring a microelectronic means for visual rehabilitation was encouraged by several factors. Advances in microtechnology have allowed construction of very high-density microcircuity that can be implanted within the eye. Relative sparing of the inner retinal neurons offers some hope that a retinal prosthesis may restore some function to patients with retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration. Keywords :