title: Floaterectomy: combined phacoemulsification and deep anterior vitrectomy.
abstract: We describe a 1-stage surgical technique to treat vitreous floaters. Phacoemulsification is combined with a deep anterior vitrectomy through a posterior curvilinear capsulorhexis followed by implantation of a posterior chamber intraocular lens. The technique was used in 10 eyes of 6 patients. Six months postoperatively, 8 eyes had a best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of 6/6 with complete resolution of symptoms. Two eyes of 1 patient developed cystoid macular edema that reduced final BCVA to 6/18 bilaterally. In this case, the floaters may have been the result of previously undiagnosed intermediate uveitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, John Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mossa
authors.forename: Yvonne M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Delaney
authors.forename: Paul H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Rosen
authors.forename: Rubina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rahman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019923:Capsulorhexis / Q000379:methods; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications*; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000379:methods*; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000473:pathology*