The California girl is one of a small number of U.S. children to try an experimental surgery to prevent virtual blindness from lazy eye diagnosed too late, or too severe, for standard treatment.
The new approach: Implantable lenses, the same kind that nearsighted adults can have inserted for crisper vision - but that aren't officially approved for use in children.
"Without this technology, we couldn't help her," says Dr. Dougherty, a prominent Los Angeles...
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