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Closing Thoughts on a Roundtable on Surgery for Symptomatic Vitreous Opacities

Donald J. D'Amico, MD; María Berrocal, MD; Allen Ho, MD; Elizabeth Yeu, MD

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Donald J. D’Amico, MD, closes out a roundtable on the surgical management of vitreous opacities by asking the panelists for final thoughts. María Berrocal, MD, stresses empathizing with patients’ subjective descriptions of visual disruption; Elizabeth Yeu, MD, reminds viewers that presbyopia-correcting IOLs are particularly affected by vitreous opacities; and Allen Ho, MD, emphasizes that the 6-month waiting period often used by retinal surgeons before addressing vitreous opacities with surgery may need to be adjusted.

Posted: 6/23/2021

Keywords:

Floater

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Vitreous Opacity

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Presbyopia-correcting IOLs

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