Cataract surgery in the dog is a highly successful procedure that many owners have chosen for their four-legged friends to regain or improve vision. Cataracts in general and a brief discussion of the preoperative workup and surgery is presented in a prior post that you can peruse if interested titled Cataracts in the Dog. (You can find this older post if you scroll to the bottom of this page and click on Older Entries.) Removal of an opaque, cataractous lens is an elective procedure that is chosen if we feel we can improve our dog’s quality of life by returning
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This may be one of the more common cocktail party questions that veterinary ophthalmologists get asked! Not that eyes in any species are not cool, but a little exotic flavor can spice up the conversation. Fortunately for us veterinary ophthalmologists, the anatomy of the eye is very similar from species to species. There are significant changes when going from mammal to bird to fish since the anatomy is altered to maximize performance depending on the environment in which an animal lives, however, the main structures are present in most eyes. Disease states will also be different based on these living
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