A new study published in JAMA Ophthalmology has found treatment with the laser procedure YAG vitreolysis helps reduce eye floaters.
For the study, researchers reportedly randomly assigned 52 patients to receive either YAG laser vitreolysis or a placebo laser treatment. After six months, the YAG treatment group reportedly showed significantly greater improvement in self-reported floater-related visual disturbance (54 percent) compared with the placebo group (9 percent). About 50 percent of the YAG laser group reported significantly or completely improved symptoms, and the YAG group also reported improvements in several measures of quality of life such as general vision and independence.
The study was recently published in JAMA Ophthalmology.
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Source: JAMA Ophthalmology