Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Modified Kuhnt-Szymanowski surgical procedure for secondary cicatricial ectropion in a horse.
- Journal:
- Veterinary ophthalmology
- Year:
- 2013
- Authors:
- Henriksen, Michala de Linde et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Small and Large Animal Clinical Sciences · United States
- Species:
- horse
Plain-English summary
A 1-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding was brought to the University of Florida's Large Animal Hospital because his right lower eyelid was turned outward, a condition known as ectropion. This problem happened after he had a cut on his eyelid that didn't heal properly after the first attempt to stitch it up. During the examination, the veterinarians found a corneal ulcer, which is an injury to the eye, caused by the eyelid not functioning correctly. They performed a special surgical procedure to fix the eyelid, and after the surgery, the area healed well, and the horse's eyelid looked and worked better. Over the next 18 months, he did not have any more eye ulcers.
Abstract
A 1-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding was presented to the University of Florida's Large Animal Hospital (UF-LAH) for correction of ectropion of the right lower eyelid. The ectropion was the result of a lower eyelid laceration. A primary repair was performed by the referring veterinarian; however, the horse prematurely removed the sutures and the wound healed with inversion of the eyelid margin. Surgical correction of the entropion, with removal of tissue from the lower eyelid, resulted in cicatricial ectropion. During the initial evaluation at UF-LAH, a corneal ulcer was noted in the right eye because of exposure from the anatomically nonfunctional lower eyelid. A modified Kuhnt-Szymanowski procedure was performed to correct the ectropion and repair the eyelid margin. The surgical site healed appropriately with an acceptable cosmetic and functional result. No recurrences of corneal ulcers in the right eye were reported in the 18 months following surgical correction of the ectropion.
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