weba wrote:
The vast majority of the oftalmologists think there is no cure for floaters (nor FOV or Laser) so, assuming this relation is right, we can assume the vast majority of laser and FOVdon't know about enzymatic vitrectomy... don't you think? ;-) or, thinking bad, any person than wait for a enzymatic vitrectomy tomorrow is a client lost for a mechannical vitrectomy today, sorry but money moves all.










 

Ok, I stumbled on this post from 2008 the now.  It makes a valid point, so wouldn't it just be fairer for the FOV and Laser surgeons to get "trained" in enzymatic vitrectomy procedures then they wouldn't have to worry about financial loss...???

This would be more beneficial for Laser surgeons since the laser cannot guarantee a 100% success rate as it's not the gold standard procedure. 

Imagine the laser zapping a really big floater into smaller bits then using the enzymatic vitrectomy procedure to clean up the remaining debris. 

And as for the Retinal Surgeons that do FOV's, they will still always get Cataract, Glaucoma, Diabetic Retinopathy and Retinal Detachment patients, surely they could just scrap the mechanical vitrectomy procedure for eye floater patients and use enzymatic vitrectomy instead.

Should'nt be too hard to learn this type of procedure and with nano-particle eye drops on the horizon >>> http://floatertalk.yuku.com/topic/5479/Nanoparticle-eye-drops-could-be-available-soon#.U2RrrWdOVjo <<< we should have some very promising advancements on the way.

Edited 6 times by Vash1221 May 15 14 9:08 PM.