CATARACT AND ECCE – AN EVALUATION ON 60 CANINE CASES REGISTERED AT ANAND, GUJARAT (INDIA) REGION
Patil VN, Patil PB, Parikh PV, Talekar SH*, Patil DB, Kelawala NH and Madhavi J S
ABSTRACT
Canine Ophthalmology is largely neglected field in India a decade ago.
Poor understanding and lack of publications on canine cataract surgery
demands a statistical view on linked complications. This article has
been an effort to add data to the literature available, in the form of
bilateral feedback of canine cataracts and associated complications. In
the present study, evaluation of cataract surgery using operative
microscope (OM-8) was conducted in 28 eyes from 20 out of 36
clinical cases of dogs with history of vision impairment. Manual
extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) under general anaesthesia
along with a retrobulbar nerve block (RBNB) was found effective in the operated cataract
cases. The present clinical study on canine cataract resulted in the restoration of ambulatory
vision in 75% of operating cases in 3 months follow up(overall) at the Anand veterinary
clinic during the period of two years from 2004 to 2006. This indicates that prior dry-wet lab
training is needed to avoid iatrogenic injuries and ECCE under OM-8is an economic,
ergonomic method providing vision to cataractous canine eyes in 3 months with less
complication.
Keywords: operative microscope, canine cataract and extracapsular extraction.
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