Table 1.

Summary of study characteristics and results of the reports by Delaney et al. [7] and Shah and Heier [8]

Studies	Study design	Number of patients/eyes	Type of floaters	Maximum energy per burst (mJ)	YAG laser vitreolysis	Alternative treatment	Follow-up period	Symptomatic relief after treatment
Delaney et al.	Single center, retrospective	31 patients 42 eyes	Single opacity: n = 25 Multiple opacities: n = 17	1.2	39 eyes	4 eyes PPV	14.7 months	YAG laser vitreolysis: moderate 35.8% Significant 2.5% PPV: 93.3%
Shah and Heier	Single center, prospective, masked, randomized, sham-controlled	52 patients/eyes	Weiss ring floater: n = 52	7	36 eyes	16 eyes control	6.0 months	YAG laser vitreolysis: 53% improvement Controls: 9% improvement

PPV pars plana vitrectomy, YAG yttrium-aluminum-garnet