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Horse with eyelid problem - how a special device helped
By Whittaker, Cameron J et al.·Published in Veterinary ophthalmology·2020·Eye Clinic for Animals, Australia·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Use of a chronic soft tissue expansion device to facilitate blepharoplasty in a horse with lower-lid cicatricial ectropion with a 14-year follow-up.
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Plain-English summary
A 3-year-old Thoroughbred filly was brought in for surgery to fix a severe eyelid problem that was causing her lower eyelid to turn outward, leading to eye irritation. Because the condition was too severe for standard repair methods, a special device was used to stretch the surrounding tissue, allowing for a successful graft to be placed. After the surgery, her eye irritation improved significantly within two months, and she had no major issues over the next 14 years, with only a mild return of irritation noted long after the procedure.
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Abstract
A 3-year-old Thoroughbred filly presented to a referral equine hospital for surgical correction of a severe cicatricial lateral lower eyelid ectropion OD, with secondary exposure keratitis. The severity of the ectropion deemed that conventional ectropion repairs would be unsuccessful. Therefore, a soft tissue expansion device was used to create sufficient local tissue for a rotational graft with tension-relieving horizontal incisions to be performed to facilitate closure and acceptable eyelid apposition. The keratitis had resolved by two months postoperatively. There were no long-term complications and only mild recurrence of the keratitis observed 14-years postoperatively.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32687627/