Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Eye removal surgery options after parotid duct surgery in dogs
By Young, Whitney M et al.·Published in Veterinary ophthalmology·2018·Department of Clinical Sciences, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Enucleation or exenteration in two dogs with previous parotid duct transposition: parotid duct ligation versus reverse parotid duct transposition.
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Plain-English summary
A dog with eye problems needed surgery to remove its eye due to a serious condition called panuveitis and secondary glaucoma. During the surgery, the vet tried to stop saliva from leaking by tying off the parotid duct, but this caused a painful swelling that lasted for 11 months. In another case, a different dog had a mass in its eye area, and the vet used a new technique to reroute the parotid duct back to the mouth while removing the eye. This second dog had a successful surgery with no complications.
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Abstract
Two dogs with previous parotid duct transpositions presented with unrelated ocular disease. In both cases, ophthalmic examination revealed the need for enucleation or exenteration. In case 1, systemic coccidioidomycosis was diagnosed with panuveitis and secondary glaucoma of the left eye. In this case, the parotid duct was ligated at the time of enucleation to stop salivary secretions. This dog encountered morbidity in the form of a sialocele that did not resolve for 11 months. In case 2, ultrasound and computed tomography revealed a discrete mass within the left medial orbit that was suspected to arise from the nictitating membrane. A combination of exenteration and parotid duct transposition reversal was performed to avoid morbidity associated with ligation of the parotid duct. The dog encountered no complications from this novel procedure. This case report represents the first report of re-routing a transposed parotid duct from the ventral conjunctival sac back to the mouth at the time of enucleation or exenteration in the dog.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28845574/