Scleral implants may improve near visual acuity in patients with presbyopia

HONOLULU — A subset of patients treated for presbyopia with scleral implants experienced a clinically significant improvement in near visual acuity, according to a poster presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting here.
“Preliminary data indicates that VisAbility micro-insert system (Refocus Group) may significantly improve near vision,” Frank A. Bucci Jr., MD, wrote in the poster.
Researchers evaluated visual acuity of a subsample of 20 patients from two centers in a multicenter FDA trial who received scleral implants and were followed for

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