Cost-Effectiveness of Limited Vitrectomy for Vision-Degrading Myodesopsia.

Purpose: Patients afflicted with clinically significant vitreous floaters suffer from vision-degrading myodesopsia, characterized by impairment in contrast sensitivity function (CSF) and decreased quality of life. This study determined the cost-effectiveness of limited vitrectomy for this condition.

Design: Retrospective, interventional case series and third-party insurer cost-utility analysis.

High Rate of Early Posterior Capsule Opacification following Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery.

Purpose: To compare the rates of rapid posterior capsule opacification (PCO) formation in the first 3 months following femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) to manual anterior capsulorhexis.

Methods: Retrospective review of 29 cases of FLACS, comparing the rates of PCO in the first 3 months following surgery to 50 consecutive cases of manual anterior capsulorhexis.

Results: Seven of the 29 FLACS cases developed PCO requiring capsulotomy at 3 months, while none of the control cases required a capsulotomy over the same time period (p < 0.