Treatment of serous retinal detachments associated with optic disk pits in dogs.

Abstract

Serous retinal detachment, associated with optic disk pit, was diagnosed in 28 eyes of 24 dogs. Xenon arc photocoagulation was used in treatment of the detachment. Of 24 dogs, 21 were Collies. In 23 eyes, retinal detachments affected temporal and/or inferior portions of the retina. In 5 eyes, detachments were predominantly superior and/or nasal. A single photocoagulation treatment resulted in reattachments in 25 eyes. Of the 3 remaining detachments, 2 eyes improved with additional photocoagulation, and 1 eye, which was not treated further, had a complete retinal detachment.

• Authors: S J Vainisi, G A Peyman, E D Wolf, C S West
• Journal: Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (J Am Vet Med Assoc) Vol. 195 Issue 9 Pg. 1233-6 (Nov 01 1989) ISSN: 0003-1488 [Print] United States
• PMID: 2584121 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)

Topics

• Animals
• Dog Diseases (etiology, genetics, surgery)
• Dogs
• Light Coagulation (veterinary)
• Optic Disk
• Optic Nerve Diseases (complications, genetics, veterinary)
• Retinal Detachment (etiology, genetics, surgery, veterinary)