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Cataract phacofragmentation in horses
Author(s) -
Millichamp Nicholas J.,
Dziezyc Joan
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
veterinary ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.594
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1463-5224
pISSN - 1463-5216
DOI - 10.1046/j.1463-5224.2000.3230157.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cataracts , blindness , cataract surgery , endophthalmitis , surgery , complication , horse , ophthalmology , corneal ulceration , cornea , optometry , biology , paleontology
Cataract surgeries were carried out in fifty‐one eyes of 36 horses over a 15‐year period. Cataracts were removed using phacofragmentation and aspiration. Useful vision was restored after surgery in 30 horses. One year after surgery 16 of the 19 horses for which follow up information was available were still visual with several still being used as working horses. At 5–6 years after surgery three horses were still visual. The most frequent intraoperative complication was tearing of the posterior lens capsule. The most frequent postoperative problem was superficial corneal ulceration. Four eyes in three horses developed postoperative infectious endophthalmitis resulting in blindness.