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OUR SPECIALTY Vitreous floaters (eye floaters, vitreous opacities) are tiny, cloudy, clumps of cells that appear in the otherwise clear fluid (vitreous) that fills the back three-fourths of the eye. People see eye floaters as small specks, cobwebs, or clouds moving in their field of vision. They range from being a nuisance that can be ignored, to interfering with essential daily activities such as reading or driving. Eye floaters that are not close to other ocular structures are ideal for laser treatment because they have no blood supply and can not bleed. Dr. Karickhoff began doing laser treatment of eye floaters in 1990 and has performed the procedure over 2,000 times on patients from all U.S. states and 27 foreign countries. He has done the only study of this treatment that was submitted to and monitored by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration, has lectured on this procedure at Duke University and Georgetown University, is the only physician who has written a book on this treatment, and made a presentation on it at the international meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology in Las Vegas Nov. 2006.
 FIFTEEN FASCINATING FLOATER FACTS - We participate with many insurance companies on this procedure. This means low out of pocket expenses for you (see Cost and Insurance page).
- Almost always the patient will be told that nothing can be done to help their vitreous floaters.
- But in reality, laser treatment of the floaters in experienced hands is a simple, in-office procedure. (see Our Procedure page)
- The vitreous floaters can be treated in a 20 minute laser procedure in which there is no discomfort and no limitation of activities.
- The floaters to a very great extent are obliterated by the laser, not just broken into many smaller floaters (see Science Background page).
- People unfamiliar with this treatment assume it to be risky, but the world medical literature reports a very low rate of complication (see World Literature page).
- In my hands, the success rate has been 92% (see Our Floater Study page). My career rate of significant complications has been 0.10% (no complications in the last 1,500 cases).
- The only alternative to laser treatment of floaters is the vitrectomy procedure. With it the rate of significant complications approaches 50 percent (see Vitrectomy page).
- Dr. Karickhoff is the only physician who has written a book on laser treatment of eye floaters (see Our Book page).
- Laser treatment requires a specialized eye laser and specialized surgical lenses(see Our Contributions page).
- Dr. Karickhoff had the procedure done on his eye.
- Of the 21,000 eye surgeons in the United States, only two do the laser treatment regularly (see Why Only Two Doctors page). Both are located on the east coast.
- Although this procedure is almost unknown to both patients and eye doctors, for years almost all insurance companies including Medicare pay on laser treatment of eye floaters and it is listed in their code books.
- The Laser Lens designed by Dr. Karickhoff is the most frequently used device for floater evaluations and pre-laser drawings in the United States.
- Dr. Karickhoff has designed the only surgical lens for laser treatment of floaters that are not in the central visual axis.
 | John Karickhoff, M.D.
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