title: [Vitreous body floaters and vitrectomy with full visual acuity].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the role of vitrectomy in patients with visually disturbing vitreous body floaters and full visual acuity (VA).
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 9 eyes from 8 patients (2 female, 7 male, median age 57 years) with a preoperative VA of 1.0 were analysed retrospectively. The median duration of symptoms was 12 months. In all eyes a pars plana vitrectomy was performed. The median follow-up period was 13 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No intraoperative or postoperative complications were observed. In all patients vision improved subjectively and objective VA remained unchanged. In 2 out of 5 phacic patients a cataract extraction was performed during the follow-up period.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In a selected group of patients vitrectomy can improve subjective vision even in eyes with full objective VA. A critical patient selection with respect to psychological criteria and the individual risk of vitrectomy is extremely important.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Augenheilkunde, Universitätsklinikum Lübeck. hhoerauf@ophtha.mu-luebeck.de
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hoerauf
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Laqua
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology*; D014821:Vitrectomy; D014822:Vitreous Body; D020255:Vitreous Detachment / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Mouches volantes und Vitrektomie bei vollem Visus?