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John Karickhoff, M.D.
313 Park Avenue
Falls Church,
Virginia 22046 (USA)
(6 miles to Washington, DC)
Office has Metro Subway access.)
Phone: (703) 536-2400
Mon. - Thurs. 9-3 p.m.
Fri. 9-noon EST
FAX (703) 536-0450
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Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology; Vicennial Teaching Award
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Karickhoff is perhaps the only doctor in the world who has completed a 30 year goal of producing through clinical research an innovation or significant contribution related to each of the 14 anatomical structures of the human eye. This website features only the innovations and contributions he made on his 14th and final eye structure, the
vitreous. (see Dr. K’s Unique Career page)
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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 2,800 times on patients from every U.S. state and 28 foreign countries (see International Patients page). 70% of Dr. Karickhoff's medical practice is evaluating and treating eye floaters.
DR. KARICKHOFF'S UNIQUE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN LASER TREATMENT OF EYE FLOATERS
- Dr. Karickhoff is the only physician to write a book to teach eye surgeons this procedure. 270 eye surgeons have purchased and learned from Dr. Karickhoff's book (see Our Book page).
- Most laser treatment of eye floaters throughout the world is done with one of the surgical contact lenses designed by Dr. Karickhoff (see Our Contact Lenses page).
- He has an extraordinary low rate of complication (3 in 2,800 patients-no loss of any vision). One complication in the last 15 years.
- Wrote and submitted the application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that gained their approval of ophthalmic YAG lasers for this procedure (see F.D.A. and Floaters page).
- Performed the first and only formal clinical research study of this procedure that was submitted to and monitored by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (see Our Formal Floater Study page).
- Made possible the treatment of many formerly untreatable floaters in the peripheral vitreous with two prismatic surgical contact lenses he designed (see Our Contact Lenses page).
- Made possible the treatment of many formerly untreatable floaters in the posterior vitreous with (a) a long focal length surgical contact lens he designed and (b) his discovery of the Moses Maneuver which moves floaters away from the retina so they can be safely treated (see Our Contact Lenses page).
- Dr. Karickhoff has made 18 original contributions to this procedure (see Our Contributions page).
- Is the only physician selected by the American Academy of Ophthalmology to present this procedure at their international meeting.
- Has lectured on this procedure at Duke University and Georgetown University, and the Virginia Society of Ophthalmology.
Dr. Karickhoff explains and shows laser treatment of floaters.
Dr. Karickhoff performing laser floater surgery.
Dr. Karickhoff's Book: Laser Treatment of Eye Floaters
Dr. Karickhoff treats floaters with the laser every day. Click here to see Before/After Photos.
FASCINATING FLOATER FACTS
- 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)
- Vitreous floaters can be treated in a 20 minute laser procedure in which there is no discomfort and no limitation of activities (see Our Procedure page).
- 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% (one complication in the last 2,000 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 had the procedure done on his eye.
- Of the 21,000 eye surgeons in the United States, only one other has the proper equipment and a large clinical experience in this procedure similar to Dr. Karickhoff (see Why Few Doctors page).
- We believe that we offer the finest laser available for this procedure (see Our Equipment-Our Laser page).
- We believe that we offer the largest selection of surgical contact lenses available for this procedure (see Our Equipment-Our Surgical Contact Lenses).
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