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Phacoemulsification in a chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera)

BACKGROUND: A cataract is one of the underlying causes of blindness in animals. Phacoemulsification is the standard procedure in cataract surgery for humans and animals. This procedure has been used to restore vision in cataracts in a variety of animals. However, this technique is difficult in very...

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Autores principales: Sritrakoon, Natthanet, Areevijittrakul, Ladawan, Nimitchaiyapong, Nuttatida, Khamchomphu, Natruree, Duangurai, Taksaon
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Publicado: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10495097/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37701661
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/OVJ.2023.v13.i8.10
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author Sritrakoon, Natthanet
Areevijittrakul, Ladawan
Nimitchaiyapong, Nuttatida
Khamchomphu, Natruree
Duangurai, Taksaon
author_facet Sritrakoon, Natthanet
Areevijittrakul, Ladawan
Nimitchaiyapong, Nuttatida
Khamchomphu, Natruree
Duangurai, Taksaon
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description BACKGROUND: A cataract is one of the underlying causes of blindness in animals. Phacoemulsification is the standard procedure in cataract surgery for humans and animals. This procedure has been used to restore vision in cataracts in a variety of animals. However, this technique is difficult in very small animals, such as rodents, due to their small eyes. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 4-year-old male domestic chinchilla was presented with cloudiness in the lenses for 1 month. The ophthalmic examination revealed cataracts (oculus uterque: both eyes). Positive dazzle reflex oculus sinister; left eye (OS) and negative reflex oculus dexter; right eye (OD) were noted. The electroretinography was low amplitude OS whereas a flat waveform presented OD. In this case, cataract surgery was performed using phacoemulsification without intraocular lens implantation OS. Postoperative, the chinchilla was alert and could jump on and jump off the ledge in a house. When the veterinarian approached closely to OS, the chinchilla displayed an erect body posture and open eyes, whereas the chinchilla was ignored when the veterinarian doing the same OD. The chinchilla was alert and had improved vision observe by this chinchilla can jump on and jump off the ledge in his house throughout the follow-up period 18 months later. CONCLUSION: In this chinchilla, phacoemulsification was successfully performed and resulted in better overall vision. The chinchilla was alert and could jump on and jump off the ledge in a house after cataract surgery throughout the follow-up period of 18 months.
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spelling pubmed-104950972023-09-12 Phacoemulsification in a chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) Sritrakoon, Natthanet Areevijittrakul, Ladawan Nimitchaiyapong, Nuttatida Khamchomphu, Natruree Duangurai, Taksaon Open Vet J Case Report BACKGROUND: A cataract is one of the underlying causes of blindness in animals. Phacoemulsification is the standard procedure in cataract surgery for humans and animals. This procedure has been used to restore vision in cataracts in a variety of animals. However, this technique is difficult in very small animals, such as rodents, due to their small eyes. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 4-year-old male domestic chinchilla was presented with cloudiness in the lenses for 1 month. The ophthalmic examination revealed cataracts (oculus uterque: both eyes). Positive dazzle reflex oculus sinister; left eye (OS) and negative reflex oculus dexter; right eye (OD) were noted. The electroretinography was low amplitude OS whereas a flat waveform presented OD. In this case, cataract surgery was performed using phacoemulsification without intraocular lens implantation OS. Postoperative, the chinchilla was alert and could jump on and jump off the ledge in a house. When the veterinarian approached closely to OS, the chinchilla displayed an erect body posture and open eyes, whereas the chinchilla was ignored when the veterinarian doing the same OD. The chinchilla was alert and had improved vision observe by this chinchilla can jump on and jump off the ledge in his house throughout the follow-up period 18 months later. CONCLUSION: In this chinchilla, phacoemulsification was successfully performed and resulted in better overall vision. The chinchilla was alert and could jump on and jump off the ledge in a house after cataract surgery throughout the follow-up period of 18 months. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine 2023-08 2023-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC10495097/ /pubmed/37701661 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/OVJ.2023.v13.i8.10 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Sritrakoon, Natthanet
Areevijittrakul, Ladawan
Nimitchaiyapong, Nuttatida
Khamchomphu, Natruree
Duangurai, Taksaon
Phacoemulsification in a chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera)
title Phacoemulsification in a chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera)
title_full Phacoemulsification in a chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera)
title_fullStr Phacoemulsification in a chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera)
title_full_unstemmed Phacoemulsification in a chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera)
title_short Phacoemulsification in a chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera)
title_sort phacoemulsification in a chinchilla (chinchilla lanigera)
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10495097/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37701661
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/OVJ.2023.v13.i8.10
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