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loulou, in some of the other forums Trublion posted they have specific zones for "enzymatic vitreolisis".

I agree with you. The enzymatic vitreolisis is not being researched thinking in the floaters sufferers, if not in the retina and macula complications that need the vitreous detached to being operated or evit possible problems. But the fact is that is good for us.

I have not found any investigation in Laser to cure floaters, and only one in Italy to make the tools for vitrectomies more little to operate in the eye. The only research to quit floaters is quit the vitreous, and the only way being researched (little, but good) is the "vitreolisis".

I put here an article about how treatment with intravitreal injections (of any kind) has had the biggest exponential growth in the last 5 years in all Medicare in USA. In 2006, intravitreal injections get the 3rd most used procedure after Cataracts and YAG capsulometry. That's not vitreolisis, but show which is the path of future in oftalmology.

Rapid rise in the use of intravitreal injections is 'the engine that will eat ophthalmology

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii - Intravitreal injections increased exponentially in 2006, becoming the fastest growing procedure in ophthalmology, a speaker here said.

Kevin J. Corcoran, COE, CPC, FNAO, OSN Practice Management section member, presented CMS data from 2006 showing intravitreal injections ranked third among ophthalmic procedures. He said it underwent "exponential growth" over the course of 5 years, making it the fastest growing procedure in all of Medicare.

"You're looking at the engine that will eat ophthalmology," Mr. Corcoran said. "This one is the biggest thing on the planet and nothing is growing this fast - nothing."

Cataract surgery with IOL implantation still ranked No. 1 with YAG capsulotomy coming in second, but intravitreal injections grew by 111% in 1 year, outpacing all other procedures, he said. Most of the other procedures that increased were lacrimal procedures, he said. Complex cataract surgery also increased 25%, he said.

"Intravitreal injection is now No. 3. It certainly wasn't No. 3 last year," Mr. Corcoran said. "This one is on its way to becoming No. 1 in a real big way."

The CMS data showed that, in 2006, there were more than 500,000 procedures performed in the United States through Medicare. Out of every 100 eye exams performed there were 2.4 intravitreal injections administered, he showed.

Conversely, photodynamic therapy, laser choroid and focal laser decreased by 61%, 30% and 9%, respectively.

"Those are the ones that, formerly, you did for the same reasons, so clearly a huge shift in retina," Mr. Corcoran said.