EVALUATION OF EXTRACAPSULAR EXTRACTION, MANUAL SMALL INCISION AND PHACOEMULSIFICATION TECHNIQUES FOR CATARACT SURGERY IN DOGS
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Date
2010
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Anand Agricultural University, Anand
Abstract
A clinical study using three surgical techniques for removal of
cataractous lens viz., Extracapsular Cataract surgery (ECCE), Manual Small
Incision Cataract surgery (SICS) and Phacoemulsification with intraocular
lens implantation was conducted on 18 eyes of 17 dogs with cataract.
Evaluation of the surgical outcome, complications and its treatment of the
above three techniques was undertaken.
Preoperatively, after anamnesis pertaining to blindness, routine
haematology, serum biochemistry and detailed ophthalmic examination were
performed in all the dogs operated for cataract.
Under general anaesthesia using ketamine and
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Veterinary Surgery, Evaluation