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.

SAN DIEGO -- Laser treatment for eye floaters fell short of expectations, as the intervention improved patient-perceived floater burden but not intraocular pressure (IOP) or visual acuity, a ...

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 ...

The annoying but relatively harmless eye floaters many people experience can now be a thing of the past thanks to a new laser procedure being performed in Southern Utah. The Dixie Ophthalmic ...

Singh has performed almost 400 procedures — sometimes multiple times on the same patients — in which he uses what’s called a coaxial illumination laser to zap the floaters. This new procedure is ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Nd:YAG laser treatment for symptomatic vitreous floaters was efficacious in a retrospective study done here. “Laser treatment in my hands was efficacious at a rate of about 85%.

Around 75 per cent of the over-60s suffer from floaters — spots and lines that hover in our line of vision. For some they are a mild annoyance, but for others they can severely affect vision. Company ...

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 ...

An office worker, surnamed Kim, visited an eye doctor because for what seemed to be a number of tiny transparent objects floating within his vision whenever he looks at the computer screen. As his job ...

Laser treatment was found to improve the symptoms of eye floaters in patients, finds a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology. Floaters become more prevalent with age, and although most patients grow ...

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 ...