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What clinical and diagnostic factors best predict who will benefit from intervention versus observation for patients with visually significant floaters?

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Ophthalmology · University of Arkansas for Medical Science

There are no clinical or diagnostic factors that predict who will benefit from an intervention for vitreous floaters. Symptomatology from vitreous floaters is subjective. Patient-reported outcome measures after floaterectomy are also subjective. The improvement in symptoms following vitrectomy (I do...

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