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Vision outcomes after eye surgery for corneal and lens cuts in cats
By Braus, Barbara K et al.·Published in Veterinary ophthalmology·2017·Department for Companion animals and horses·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Outcome of phacoemulsification following corneal and lens laceration in cats and dogs (2000-2010).
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
A 2-year-old mixed-breed dog and a 2.5-year-old domestic shorthair cat both suffered from eye injuries due to lacerations on the cornea and lens. They were treated with a surgical procedure called phacoemulsification, which helps remove the damaged lens and restore vision. At their follow-up appointments, all the cats and about 85% of the dogs were able to see again. However, some dogs did experience vision loss due to complications like glaucoma and retinal detachment shortly after surgery. Overall, the surgery had a very good success rate for both species.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the success rate of phacoemulsification following corneal and lens laceration in dogs and cats. PROCEDURE: Retrospective review of cats and dogs presenting with corneal and lens laceration and treated with phacoemulsification. RESULTS: The records of 33 patients (33 eyes: six feline, 27 canine) presenting to a private referral center were reviewed. Affected dogs were younger (median 18 months) than affected cats (median 30 months). The lacerations were caused by cat scratch trauma (9/33), thorn injury (6/33), and glass shards (1/33); the cause was unknown in 17/33 cases. All cats and 85.2% of all dogs were visual at the last examination. The median follow-up was 4 and 8 months for cats and dogs, respectively. In all canine cases that developed vision loss, this occurred within the first 14 weeks postoperatively. The ultimate cause for vision loss in dogs was secondary glaucoma (4/4) and retinal detachment (1/4). CONCLUSION: Cats have an excellent outcome and dogs a very good outcome following surgery for corneal and lens laceration. The cause of the trauma, the size of the lesion, the time interval between the ocular trauma and surgery, and the type of surgery were not found to have an influence on the outcome of patients in this study. We postulate that vision loss might develop more often in cases with complications associated with the initial corneal laceration wound.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26683004/