Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog and horse with eye injuries - how silicone implants helped
By Riggs, C & Whitley, R D·Published in Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association·1990·Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Intraocular silicone prostheses in a dog and a horse with corneal lacerations.
Plain-English summary
A dog with a severe eye injury caused by a corneal laceration (a cut in the eye) underwent surgery to have an intraocular silicone prosthesis (an artificial device) implanted. Several months after the surgery, the dog was doing well and the eye looked normal, which is a positive outcome. This suggests that using silicone prostheses in cases of corneal damage may be more viable than previously thought.
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Abstract
Intraocular silicone prostheses were implanted in the eyes of a horse and a dog with traumatic corneal lacerations and protrusion of intraocular contents. Several months after surgery, the horse and dog were tolerating the intraocular prostheses, and the appearance was cosmetically acceptable. This contradicts earlier reports that have cited corneal disease as a contraindication for implantation of intraocular silicone prostheses.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2303385/