title: [Use of Nd:YAG laser in treatment of vitreous floaters].
abstract: The aim of the paper is to present results obtained after photodisruption of non-resorptive vitreous floaters by means of the Nd:YAG laser.
  
  
  METHODS
  10 patients were observed. The energy of a single exposition ranged from 3 mJ to 7 mJ, and the total energy needed to break the floaters from 56 mJ to 216 mJ. In all the patients the floaters got disrupted and were moving towards the periphery of the vitreous humour.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Only 2 patients reported persistence of tiny clouds in the visual field. No complications were observed. It seems that the use of Nd:YAG laser can, in selected cases, be an effective method of treating floaters of the vitreous humour.
authors.affiliation: II Kliniki Okulistyki AM w Lublinie.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Toczołowski
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Katski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging