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Anybody else thinking of backing out of a upcoming fov?
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May 6 14 9:15 PM
The logical side of my brain says wait until there are longer term studies done on FOV (esp. the rates of cataract and retinal tear/detachment for PVD-induced). Most of the medical community is still saying that FOVs aren't worth the risk for otherwise healthy eyes, and the relatively few doctors who will perform FOVs seem to be divided on core vs. PVD-induced.
It seems as the retiring population in the U.S. and Japan is going to dramatically increase in the next few years, so I would presume there is going to be a bigger demand for vitrectomies (for all reasons). I hope that this means a lot more funding to develop even safer surgical instruments and possibly a safe chemical/enzymatic way to induce PVD, to the point where FOV would be safe enough to be a generally accepted elective surgery.
(Of course, the emotional side of my brain sees the masses of floaters on a bad day and thinks I should go ahead and just do it.)
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