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Laser Treatment of Vitreous Floaters

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The vitreous is an extended, translucent, fibrillar meshwork of extracellular matrix situated between the lens and the retina, circa 4.0 mL in volume and encompassing approximately 80% of the overall volume of the globe.

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  1. Oxford Eye Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK

    Maram E. A. Abdalla Elsayed

  2. Moorfields Eye Hospitals UAE, Abu Dhabi, UAE

    Igor Kozak

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  1. Institute for Research in Ophthalmology, Foundation for Ophthalmology Development, Poznan, Poland

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  2. Ventura County Retinal Vitreous Medical Group, Ventura, CA, USA

    Jeffrey K. Luttrull

  3. Vitreoretinal Surgeon and Clinical Lead, Moorfields Eye Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Igor Kozak

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Elsayed, M.E.A.A., Kozak, I. (2023). Laser Treatment of Vitreous Floaters. In: Grzybowski, A., Luttrull, J.K., Kozak, I. (eds) Retina Lasers in Ophthalmology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25779-7_10

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