I would advise my patients to avoid this technology until it is much further down the road and there are hundreds if not thousands of cases to base a decision about having it done.
JCH MD
I would let someone else try it out and see how it does over several years before recommending it. Remember scleral reinforcement didn't work out too well.
JCH MD
I agree. I think people should focus instead on the biochemical processes underlying the stretching. The eye is a perfect organ for something like gene therapy and I am amazed that this kind of work is not being pursued. The eye is a great model to test all kinds of treatment.
Gene therapy is being pushed. There is an enormous amount of time and money being spent on gene therapy for eye disease. The first successful gene transplant was done in USA and England this year for Leber's eye disease. Also there has been more genetic/gene studies published based on the sequencing of the human chromosome (genome) in eye disease than any other medical specialty.
JCH MD