Retinal detachment and glaucoma in the Boston Terrier and Shih Tzu following phacoemulsification (135 patients): 2000-2014.

Objectives: To report the cumulative incidence of retinal detachment (RD) and glaucoma following phacoemulsification in Boston Terriers and Shih Tzu in the southeastern United States over a 14-year period and investigate the potential predisposing risk factors.

Methods: Medical records of 83 Shih Tzu and 52 Boston Terriers that underwent phacoemulsification between 2000 and 2014, with or without intraocular lens placement, were reviewed. For a comparison population, phacoemulsification data from 45 Labrador Retrievers, 73 Schnauzers, and 159 Bichon Frises were evaluated.

Visual outcomes of phacoemulsification cataract surgery in horses: 1990-2013.

Objective: To evaluate the long-term visual outcome of phacoemulsification lens extraction surgery in foals and horses and identify any unique postoperative complications that affect the visual outcome.

Procedure: This is a retrospective medical records study of phacoemulsification cataract surgery in 95 foals and horses from 1990 to 2013.

Results: Cataracts were removed by phacoemulsification from 111 eyes of 95 horses ranging in age from 22 days to 26 years (average 8.

Equine ocular anatomy and ophthalmic examination.

This article is intended to provide the practitioner with a succinct but complete source regarding equine orbital and ocular anatomy,instrumentation available for ophthalmic examination, a methodical examination technique, sedation and regional nerve blocks, and diagnostic procedures involving the eye. Such knowledge of orbital and ocular anatomy is essential to allow recognition of normal,normal variations, or an abnormality of the equine eye and orbit.