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  2. Vitrectomy - Wikipedia

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    Vitreous floaters – deposits of various size, shape, consistency, refractive index, and motility within the eye's normally transparent vitreous humor which can obstruct vision. Here pars plana vitrectomy has been shown to relieve symptoms. [9] Because of possible side effects it is used only in severe cases.

  3. Floater - Wikipedia

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    The VDM project aims to find an effective, low-risk treatment for floaters. [35] So far, there have been studies using colloidal gold or indocyanine green (ICG) injected into the eye followed by a low-energy laser to target problematic floaters, and this has shown to be successful on vitreous opacities obtained during vitrectomy and in rabbits.

  4. If You’re Seeing Eye Floaters or Flashes, Here’s What to Do ...

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    Floaters appear when the vitreous, the gel-like substance that gives your eye its round shape, shrinks and forms clumps or strands. Howard R. Krauss, MD, a surgical neuro-ophthalmologist at ...

  5. Vitreous hemorrhage - Wikipedia

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    Vitreous hemorrhage is the extravasation, or leakage, of blood into the areas in and around the vitreous humor of the eye. [1] The vitreous humor is the clear gel that fills the space between the lens and the retina of the eye.

  6. Eye Floaters Symptoms: Vitrectomy Surgery Can Improve Vision

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    What causes a floater in your eye? Eye floaters are a normal part of aging, but some people turn to vitrectomy surgery to get rid of floaters from their vision. Eye Floaters Symptoms: Vitrectomy ...

  7. Posterior vitreous detachment - Wikipedia

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    The risk of retinal detachment is the greatest in the first 6 weeks following a vitreous detachment, but can occur over 3 months after the event.. The risk of retinal tears and detachment associated with vitreous detachment is higher in patients with myopic retinal degeneration, lattice degeneration, and a familial or personal history of previous retinal tears/detachment.

  8. Proliferative vitreoretinopathy - Wikipedia

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    Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) is a disease that develops as a complication of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.PVR occurs in about 8–10% of patients undergoing primary retinal detachment surgery and prevents the successful surgical repair of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.

  9. Vitreomacular adhesion - Wikipedia

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    In symptomatic VMA patients with more significant vision loss, the standard of care is pars plana vitrectomy (PPV), which involves surgically removing the vitreous from the eye, thereby surgically releasing the symptomatic VMA. In other words, vitrectomy induces PVD to release the traction/adhesion on the retina.