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- Title
Heterologous penetrating keratoplasty for treatment of a corneal sequestrum in a cat.
- Authors
Townsend, Wendy M.; Rankin, Amy J.; Stiles, Jean; Krohne, Sheryl G.
- Abstract
A corneal sequestrum was diagnosed in an 8-year-old, neutered male Burmese cat. A heterologous penetrating keratoplasty (PK) (fresh canine corneal tissue) was performed to restore a clear visual axis. A heterograft was selected in order to decrease the risk of viral transmission as a screened donor was not available. One month postoperatively the graft was vascularized and opaque. The owner failed to return for recheck examinations until 16 months postoperatively at which time only a faint central nebula remained.
- Subjects
CORNEAL transplantation; CORNEA surgery; XENOGRAFTS; VIRAL transmission; TREATMENT of cat diseases; BURMESE cat
- Publication
Veterinary Ophthalmology, 2008, Vol 11, Issue 4, p273
- ISSN
1463-5216
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1463-5224.2008.00634.x