title: Eligibility criteria for Nd-YAG laser treatment of highly symptomatic vitreous floaters.
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.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital Antwerp, Department of Ophthalmology, Wilrijkstraat 10, B-2650 Edegem.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vandorselaer
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Van De Velde
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Tassignon
mesh_terms: D004608:Eligibility Determination; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000601:surgery*; D020255:Vitreous Detachment / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery