Surgical Management of Prolapse of Nictitans Gland-A Clinical Study of 12 Dogs Kelawala D.N.*, Parulekar E.A.1, Ratnu D.A.1, Parikh P.V.2, Patil D.B.3 Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Anand Agricultural University (AAU), Anand-388001, Gujarat 1Post Graduate Scholar, Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar 2Professor and Head, Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar 3Director, Research and Dean, Post Graduate Studies, Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar *Ph. D. Scholar and Corresponding author: E-mail: kelawala.divyesh@gmail.com
Online published on 26 July, 2017. Abstract The current clinical study evaluates the recurrence rate of cherry eye after surgical correction using Morgan’s pocket technique in twelve dogs (15 eyes). The affected dogs varied in age from 2-12 months. Bilateral nictitans gland prolpase was observed in three dogs. In surgically managed 15 protruded nictitans gland, there was no incidence of relapse during one month follow up. Morgan’s pocket technique was found simple to perform with greater success rate. Top Keywords Morgan’s pocket technique, nictitans gland, prolapse. Top |