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. 2001:(280):15-9.

Eligibility criteria for Nd-YAG laser treatment of highly symptomatic vitreous floaters

T Vandorselaer  1 , F Van De Velde, M J Tassignon
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  • PMID: 11486460

Eligibility criteria for Nd-YAG laser treatment of highly symptomatic vitreous floaters

T Vandorselaer et al. Bull Soc Belge Ophtalmol. 2001.

Abstract

Ten eyes of nine patients were treated for very disturbing vitreous floaters with the technique of Nd-YAG laser vitreolysis. The Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope (SLO) was used to objectivate the position, the size and the motility of the vitreous floaters with respect to the patient's visual axis, which can be precisely located with the SLO. With this technique it was possible to define more precisely some eligibility criteria for Nd-YAG laser treatment of vitreous floaters and to classify the vitreous floaters in ill-suspended and well-suspended floaters in the vitreous body, the well-suspended floaters responding better to treatment compared to the ill-suspended vitreous floaters. The treatment was performed using the Q-Switched Nd-YAG Laser type Nanolas 15S of Alcon.

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