Results and histological development of various surgical techniques for correcting eversion of the third eyelid in dogs.

Histol Histopathol

Department of Medicine and Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain.

Published: October 1990

An experimental study was made of 20 dogs in order to compare various surgical techniques used to correct eversion of the third eyelid, namely resection of most of the cartilage, resection of the central portion of the cartilage, and cartilage homotransplantation. An analysis was made of histological results obtained 45 days after operation, the most satisfactory result being recorded for homotransplantation of the third eyelid cartilage.

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