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Evaluation of a vessel‐sealing device to assist eye enucleation and exenteration in the horse |
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| Authors: | M T Launois J M E F Vandeweerd R A R Perrin L Brogniez A Gabriel R Coomer P D Clegg A M Desbrosse F G Desbrosse |
| Institution: | 1. Clinique Equine Desbrosse, 18, rue des Champs, La Brosse, 78470, St Lambert des Bois, France;2. Département de morphologie et pathologie, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire de l'Université de Liège, Bat. B43, Anatomie des animaux domestiques, boulevard de Colonster, 20, 4000, Liège 1, Belgium;3. Cotts Farm Equine Clinic, Robeston Wathen, Narberth, Pembrokeshire SA67 8EY, UK.;4. Department of Veterinary Clinical Science and Animal Husbandry, The University of Liverpool, Leahurst, Neston, Cheshire L64 7TE, UK |
| Abstract: | This study describes and evaluates the LigaSure for eye enucleation or exenteration in horses. According to the medical records of the Clinique Desbrosse, 17 horses underwent eye removal using the LigaSure between April 2005 and March 2009. It was applied at 7 different steps of the procedure and accounted for the different possible sources of bleeding. The Ligasure was also used to transect the optic pedicle in the 5 most recent cases. Very few complications were encountered with the technique described. Reliable vessel sealing and haemostasis was achieved in all horses. |
| Keywords: | horse LigaSure subconjunctival transpalpebral enucleation exenteration |