Vol. 12, Issue 5 (2023)

Author(s):
Bhumika Kesanur, KM Srinivasa Murthy, BN Nagaraja, V Mahesh and Manjunatha K

Abstract:
Corneal ulcer is a painful ocular condition commonly affecting brachycephalic breeds. Most of the medical and surgical therapies are expensive, hard to obtain, less efficacious or require high technical skill. This study aimed at comparing two simple and low-cost techniques, namely bandage contact lens application and third eyelid transposition, for the treatment of corneal ulcers with respect to efficacy, outcome and ease of application. Both the techniques were found to be beneficial, with all the treated animals regaining almost completely transparent cornea by 14th post-operative day. In the animals treated with bandage contact lens, the healing could be assessed regularly and this was seen as the major advantage in this method. The advantage of third eyelid flap was that it was intact in all the animals, whereas bandage contact lenses were often lost prematurely. Many other minor advantages and disadvantages were observed and duly recorded.