pulses. The heat and energy that's generated in that time is so short-
lived that they dissipate between each shot.
It took me 20 to 30 treatments before I felt fully comfortable with
the procedure's parameters. It's best for novice surgeons to start with
pseudophakic patients who present with Weiss rings in the middle of
the vitreous. Once physicians achieve positive results with those
patients, get used to employing the laser's energy levels and under-
stand the spatial context between floaters and the eye's anatomy, they
can graduate to treating phakic patients and patients with cloud and
string-like floaters.
Growth potential
If your surgeons perform a couple vitreolysis procedures each week,
you'll easily recoup the roughly $45,000 for an upgraded YAG laser.
The best part: Patients who want this procedure are already in your
surgeons' clinics and just need to be educated about the treatment
that can have a profound impact on their quality of life.
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Dr. Singh (ipsingh@amazingeye.com) is an
ophthalmologist at The Eye Centers of Racine and Kenosha, Wis.
