Acta Veterinaria Eurasia
Case Report

Convergent Strabismus in a Cat and It’s Surgical Treatment

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Kyrgyz Turkish Manas University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Surgery, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

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Tayfur Ata Sökmen University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Hatay, Turkey

Acta Vet Eurasia 2017; 43: 71-73
DOI: 10.16988/iuvfd.264940
Read: 1098 Downloads: 481 Published: 22 December 2019

The aim of this study was to improve visual acuity and esthetic correction in a short hair domestic cat with strabismus. A domestic short hair cat (1 year old, male) referred with visual deficit and progressively obvious strabismus. For recession surgery, medial rectus muscle was detached from the sclera after used suspensory suture. The muscle insertion was recessed 4 mm and sutured to sclera. In conclusion, strabismus can be caused to visual deficy and treated succesfully by recession surgery in cats.

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