Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Glaucoma valve surgery helps dogs with eye injury glaucoma
By Lew, M et al.·Published in Polish journal of veterinary sciences·2008·Department of Surgery·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Short-term results of Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation in the surgical treatment of angle-recession glaucoma in dog.
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Plain-English summary
A dog with angle-recession glaucoma, which developed after a blunt eye injury, was brought in with very high eye pressure of 62 mmHg and noticeable symptoms affecting the eye's structure. After trying medication to lower the pressure without success, the veterinarian performed surgery to implant an Ahmed valve, a type of drainage device. Over the next 20 weeks, follow-up exams showed that the eye pressure dropped significantly to 19 mmHg, indicating a successful outcome.
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Abstract
Angle-recession glaucoma, being a consequence of blunt injury of an eyeball, is likely to develop in both a short or very distant period. The likelihood of the incidence of that condition in the clinical form is determined by the extent of injuries of ciliary cleft structures, especially of a trabecular meshwork. The manuscript reports a case of an early glaucoma secondary to a blunt injury of an eyeball with symptoms of angle recession to 300 degrees of periphery and intraocular pressure (IOP) at a level of 62 mmHg. The basic diagnostic examination that enables the evaluation of an angle, iris root and an opening to the ciliary cleft is gonioscopy. In case of a lack of response to the pharmacological reduction of IOP, a method of choice still remains a surgical procedure. In the reported case, a drainage procedure was applied in the form of implantation of the Ahmed valve prosthesis. Control tonometric examinations of the operated eye, performed over a 20-week period of postoperative management, demonstrated IOP at a level of 19 mmHg.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19227139/