The outlook is promising, according to preliminary data from the Phase 11 clinical trial of patients undergoing scleral spacing procedure for the surgical treatment of presbyopia (the loss of near or reading vision, which affects virtually the whole population after age 40).
The procedure involves implanting four scleral implants, each about the size of a small grain of rice, just under the surface of the sclera (white of eye) in the four quadrants. The procedure appears to help reduce the crowding of the underlying tissues surrounding the crystalline lens, allowing the muscles once again to reshape the lens naturally and focus the eye.
The surgical procedure …
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