Laser Treatment of Eye Floaters - Laser Eye Surgery

Laser Treatment of Eye Floaters

John Karickhoff, M.D.
313 Park Avenue
Falls Church,
Virginia 22046
Phone: (703) 536-2400
FAX: (703) 536-0450

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Vitreous floaters (eye floaters, vitreous opacities) are tiny, cloudy, clumps of cells that appear in the otherwise clear fluid (vitreous) that fills the back three-fourths of the eye. People see eye floaters as small specks, cobwebs, or clouds moving in their field of vision. They range from being a nuisance that can be ignored, to interfering with essential daily activities such as reading or driving. Eye floaters that are not close to other ocular structures are ideal for laser treatment because they have no blood supply and can not bleed.
Dr. Karickhoff began doing laser treatment of eye floaters in 1990 and has performed the procedure over 1,700 times on patients from all U.S. states and 27 foreign countries. He has done the only study of this treatment that was submitted to and monitored by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration, has lectured on this procedure at Duke University and Georgetown University, is the only physician who has written a book on this treatment, and made a presentation on it at the international meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology in Las Vegas Nov. 2006.