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- Title
The use of porcine small intestinal submucosa in ten cases of feline corneal disease.
- Authors
Featherstone, Heidi J.; Sansom, Jane; Heinrich, Christine L.
- Abstract
Abstract Porcine small intestinal submucosa (SIS) was used as a novel graft material in the management of 10 cases of feline corneal disease. Five cases had stromal ulceration associated with trauma, ocular foreign body and/or suspected infection and required a grafting procedure. Five cases had feline sequestra that were managed by a keratectomy prior to placement of SIS as a graft material. Eight eyes healed with minimal corneal scarring with a very good cosmetic and visual result. One eye with continued aqueous leakage in the immediate postoperative period required a conjunctival pedicle graft to reinforce the SIS graft site. One eye required enucleation 48 h following grafting due to progressive keratomalacia but the SIS material remained intact.
- Subjects
CORNEA diseases; CAT diseases
- Publication
Veterinary Ophthalmology, 2001, Vol 4, Issue 2, p147
- ISSN
1463-5216
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1463-5224.2001.00192.x