STUDIES ON PHACOEMULSIFICATION AND RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF CATARACT SURGERIES IN DOGS
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2013
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Anand Agricultural University, Anand
Abstract
Cataracts are the most common cause of treatable visual deficits and blindness
in dogs. Phacoemulsification has become an art of surgical procedure for management
of cataract surgery. The present clinical study on phacoemulsification was conducted
on 27 dogs to remove the cataractous lens. Out of the 27 dogs, 10 were subjected to
phacoemulsification and the rest (17) by Extra Capsular Cataract Extraction (ECCE)
technique. During phacoemulsification four cases were converted to ECCE due to
very hard nuclear cataracts causing prolonged phacoemulsification time and blockage
of the tubing during operation. A high incidence of cataract was seen in male
(62.96%) dogs, > 8 years (74.07%) with mature cataract (77.78%) and senility
(81.48%) was the major cause. Prior to the surgery, all dogs were subjected to
detailed ophthalmic examination and routine haematology and serum biochemical
analysis. Intraoperative complications observed were iris bleeding (2), pupillary
constriction (1), chemosis (4), vitreal prolapse (2) and iris bulging (1). Post-operative
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Veterinary Surgery, Study