LAS VEGAS – Optometrists are now able to provide Nd:YAG capsulotomy, laser floater removal, laser peripheral iridotomy and injections with expanded scope of practice in certain states, Nate Lighthizer ...

She was told her vision would be much clearer after the procedure ... and it was.

Following as many as four Nd:YAG-laser vitreolysis procedures, mean IOP actually increased slightly from 14.2 to 15.3 mm Hg and the logMAR (minimum angle of resolution) declined from 0.14 at baseline ...

I have dozens of floaters in both eyes, which has worsened over the years (I am 44). Do any of the new laser treatments reduce/minimize floaters, while also correcting vision? Unfortunately, neither ...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. - Some people call them floaters. Eye doctors call them &#8220vitreous opacities.” Emily Flynn called hers &#8220a little fuzzball,” and she flew halfway around the world to have it ...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Some people call them floaters. Eye doctors call them "vitreous opacities." Emily Flynn called hers "a little fuzzball," and she flew halfway around the world to have it removed.

Patients reported improvement in symptoms of eye floaters after treatment with a laser, according to a new study. Patients reported improvement in symptoms of eye floaters after treatment with a laser ...

Many of us have experienced seeing dark flecks or strings drifting in front of our eyes. Blink and these so-called “floaters” are gone. But myopia, advancing age, and diabetes can all increase the ...

YAG laser vitreolysis effectively treated symptomatic vitreous floaters, according to a report published in the September issue of JAMA Ophthalmology. Posterior vitreous detachment occurs in 65% of ...

Gael Gordon has received funding from The College of Optometrists. Alice McTrusty does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from ...