Phillip Schofield in hospital for urgent operation on 'debilitating' eye condition

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Philip Schofield has been in hospital today to get surgery on his "debilitating" eye condition. The This Morning presenter has now had "floaters" removed from both his eyes.

The 60-year-old took to Instagram and said: “If the success of my summer is to be floater free, that’s good enough for me.” READ MORE: Phillip Schofield rages at This Morning caller for 'not watching show' in awkward clash The star had his first operation in July and told his followers about the surgery.He said: "FLOATERS: Details as promised if you suffer from debilitating floaters.

Firstly, no part of my treatment and surgery was gifted and I wasn’t asked to post. It is also pioneering and costly."It was carried out by Prof Stanga at The Retina Clinic in London.“I had Elective limited pars plana vitrectomy surgery.

It didn’t hurt! If you have been told ‘just live with them’ that is not necessarily true, I’m sure there are exceptions, but they can be fixed.“Prof Stanga and his team are leading the field here in the UK in this and other retinal treatments with state of the art equipment and rigorous pre op consultation and post op aftercare."Floaters are small dark dots, squiggly lines, rings or cobwebs in your vision lots of people, particularly elderly people, get floaters and flashes.Phil first spoke about the irritating eye condition on This Morning in 2020 in a health segment.He explained that he wanted the vitrectomy surgery but at the time it was only available in America.He said: "I am at the cutting edge of all this, let me tell you, because the only way to treat them is a vitrectomy, where they suck the jelly out of your eye."Within 12 months you get a cataract, so they are trying to pioneer a half vitrectomy, which started in America - see.