After having cataract surgery around 9 months later had a PVD which resulted in really bad and intrusive floaters. Just when I thought it couldn't get worse about 3 months after the first PVD I had another PVD in the other eye. After almost a year of torment, misery and constant visits to my ophthalmologist and much research into vitrectomy as a solution I was referred to a specialist surgeon who was highly regarded and highly skilled. The misery these floaters cause is at times overwhelming and whatever the risk I was prepared to take it. I had a full vitrectomy and the other eye done a month later. It was less intrusive and bothersome than the cataract surgery and on day 2 of the second surgery I was back to 20/20 Vision, floaters free with perfect visual clarity in both eyes. It was the best call I could have made and after all the fear of the procedure the results are stunning.
@@EnglishNerd Not a good idea, my experience is not necessarily what others will have. Be confident in your specialist and take their advice as everyone's circumstances are different. I had cataract surgery 18 months before using custom lenses, you might have cataract and vitrectomy together for each eye within a week to month of each other. It would be easy to judge if each situation was like a camera lens but where biology is involved there can be different outcomes, but for me any risk is well worth the result of having better than 20/20 crystal clear vision. If you current eye situation makes life miserable it can be fixed
I just wish even if you have a little bit of eye floaters there should be a treatment for those who have a little bit of eye floaters as well… Only because I do believe my eye floaters got worse due to the few I have…now I have soo much more and there wasn’t that many before… now it’s like a cluster. So I do believe there should be more research done so everyone can have relief from these annoying pesky eye floaters…so they don’t get worse to the point you would need surgery
hi. thank you so much for the video. dr. wong has since retired and i am curious how satisfied you are now some 6-7 years later. residual floaters, other visual impairments, cataract? appreciate it. thank you
Hi dr Joel, i live in Europe, do you happen to know where i can have this limited vitrectomy and what are the costs? I suffer from floaters for years now and it a real problem.
I’m curious - by doing a partial vitrectomy and not inducing PVD…wouldn’t this leave the patient open to more floaters from the virtually inevitable future PVD?
I’m 29, suffer with about 10 floaters in my left eye about 8 in my right eye. I’ve had them since October of 2021. I see them all of the time and wear sun glasses all the time even on cloudy days. I got my floaters from head trauma from boxing in the state police academy. Since I’ve had the YAG floater surgery on my left eye twice and I have not seen much difference. I also am using a low dose prescription of Atrophine. To be honest neither have done much to help. I’m contemplating this surgery, I know my eye is young but, this is depressing and is interfering with my job as a police officer and my quality of life. I don’t want to go the next 60 years of my life living with all of these floaters.
I totally understand buddy ,mine came on about 12 months ago ,left eye worse with strings of floaters , I ware sunglasses all day also and is very depressing, I wouldn't advise the surgery it's to risky my freind
I'm sorry if this sounds like a stupid question but other than the fact that you'd have to have another expensive and risky surgery, why else would the risk of cataracts be treated as that big of a deal if most of us will eventually get cataracts anyway? Doesn't cataract surgery restore your vision anyway? Is there an aspect of your natural lense that an artificial lense can never give you back?
Well Im no expert but our natural lens has auto focus. Even if you are highly myopic when you look up from your phone to a far object the eye focus adjusts . Well an artificial lens atleast the standard ones do not change focus like at all. You will defintely need glasses after cararact along with the fact that your vision will never really feel normal without our natural lens autofocus capacity.
Bamonte in italy, a highly respected retina specialist is highly actually partial or limited vitrectomy. He says leaving any of the vitreus actually leaves behind higher risk of retinal detachment. Also, most of the cases the patiens are not floaterfree after it. What are your thoughts?
I had to have a pars plana vitrectomy after a cataract surgery complication sent lens fragments into my vitreous which caused wicked eye inflammation (pressure 44). I had a PVD as well as many bothersome floaters and now they are all gone and I have 20/20 vision! Several months later my second eye got a PVD and as I approach my second eye cataract surgery I am lobbying for a vitrectomy in that eye as the giant jellyfish blob I now see blurs my vision so much that I backed out of a parking spot and tapped another car.
In my view, body chemistry plays a role. Each individual has a specific body chemistry. I am familiar with a woman who had a victrectomy in the 30s and developed cataract after 26 years.
After having cataract surgery around 9 months later had a PVD which resulted in really bad and intrusive floaters. Just when I thought it couldn't get worse about 3 months after the first PVD I had another PVD in the other eye. After almost a year of torment, misery and constant visits to my ophthalmologist and much research into vitrectomy as a solution I was referred to a specialist surgeon who was highly regarded and highly skilled. The misery these floaters cause is at times overwhelming and whatever the risk I was prepared to take it. I had a full vitrectomy and the other eye done a month later. It was less intrusive and bothersome than the cataract surgery and on day 2 of the second surgery I was back to 20/20 Vision, floaters free with perfect visual clarity in both eyes. It was the best call I could have made and after all the fear of the procedure the results are stunning.
Awesome feedback! Thanks for sharing!
Hello! I also have cataract in both eyes and bothersome floaters. Really scared. Can I contact you?
@@EnglishNerd Not a good idea, my experience is not necessarily what others will have. Be confident in your specialist and take their advice as everyone's circumstances are different. I had cataract surgery 18 months before using custom lenses, you might have cataract and vitrectomy together for each eye within a week to month of each other. It would be easy to judge if each situation was like a camera lens but where biology is involved there can be different outcomes, but for me any risk is well worth the result of having better than 20/20 crystal clear vision. If you current eye situation makes life miserable it can be fixed
I just wish even if you have a little bit of eye floaters there should be a treatment for those who have a little bit of eye floaters as well…
Only because I do believe my eye floaters got worse due to the few I have…now I have soo much more and there wasn’t that many before… now it’s like a cluster.
So I do believe there should be more research done so everyone can have relief from these annoying pesky eye floaters…so they don’t get worse to the point you would need surgery
The Floater Doctor. Arlington Texas.
hi. thank you so much for the video. dr. wong has since retired and i am curious how satisfied you are now some 6-7 years later. residual floaters, other visual impairments, cataract? appreciate it. thank you
Hi dr Joel, i live in Europe, do you happen to know where i can have this limited vitrectomy and what are the costs? I suffer from floaters for years now and it a real problem.
very informative video sir
I’m curious - by doing a partial vitrectomy and not inducing PVD…wouldn’t this leave the patient open to more floaters from the virtually inevitable future PVD?
I’m 29, suffer with about 10 floaters in my left eye about 8 in my right eye. I’ve had them since October of 2021. I see them all of the time and wear sun glasses all the time even on cloudy days. I got my floaters from head trauma from boxing in the state police academy. Since I’ve had the YAG floater surgery on my left eye twice and I have not seen much difference. I also am using a low dose prescription of Atrophine. To be honest neither have done much to help. I’m contemplating this surgery, I know my eye is young but, this is depressing and is interfering with my job as a police officer and my quality of life. I don’t want to go the next 60 years of my life living with all of these floaters.
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I totally understand buddy ,mine came on about 12 months ago ,left eye worse with strings of floaters , I ware sunglasses all day also and is very depressing, I wouldn't advise the surgery it's to risky my freind
@@jinksy2860 are you a doctor? Don't advise anything you don't know about
I'm sorry if this sounds like a stupid question but other than the fact that you'd have to have another expensive and risky surgery, why else would the risk of cataracts be treated as that big of a deal if most of us will eventually get cataracts anyway? Doesn't cataract surgery restore your vision anyway? Is there an aspect of your natural lense that an artificial lense can never give you back?
Well Im no expert but our natural lens has auto focus. Even if you are highly myopic when you look up from your phone to a far object the eye focus adjusts . Well an artificial lens atleast the standard ones do not change focus like at all. You will defintely need glasses after cararact along with the fact that your vision will never really feel normal without our natural lens autofocus capacity.
Bamonte in italy, a highly respected retina specialist is highly actually partial or limited vitrectomy. He says leaving any of the vitreus actually leaves behind higher risk of retinal detachment. Also, most of the cases the patiens are not floaterfree after it. What are your thoughts?
I had to have a pars plana vitrectomy after a cataract surgery complication sent lens fragments into my vitreous which caused wicked eye inflammation (pressure 44). I had a PVD as well as many bothersome floaters and now they are all gone and I have 20/20 vision! Several months later my second eye got a PVD and as I approach my second eye cataract surgery I am lobbying for a vitrectomy in that eye as the giant jellyfish blob I now see blurs my vision so much that I backed out of a parking spot and tapped another car.
Hello! I also have cataract + floaters. How is your vision now?
Thank you!
It would be great if you could buy a microphone that wasn't so "blurry".
Hey doc I have traumatic macular hope n doctors here r saying I can't see if after operation I just need ur help can u pls help me out with this
Where do you live?
what are the chances of cataract in younger patient after FOV?
From what I've heard (Bamonte) if you're under 40 you don't get the cataract until 40.
In my view, body chemistry plays a role. Each individual has a specific body chemistry. I am familiar with a woman who had a victrectomy in the 30s and developed cataract after 26 years.
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@@haqsach4147she didn't see any floaters after vitrectomy?
are you under anesthesia for this?
Believe it or not, usually done under topical anesthesia with a mild sedative given. I know. Sounds crazy.