3334. Social Media case. WhatsApp Query. Ear lump in a 1-year-old red-eared slider

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Be Kind To Pets video & title

Case study
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Isoflurane gas anaesthesia
Incise with scalpel around 5 mm long
Insert curette

Curette 360 degrees inside the abscess
Drain out the pus
Antibiotic eye drops to flush out the debri
In-patient for 3 days
Oral antibiotics and pain killers 3 days

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Post op

In-patient 3 days to clean up bleeding wound and give medication (antibiotics and painkillers)





POST OP SURGERY
FINAL VIDEO:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUNXSRwJTOQ

UNEDITED VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDZHTLxjqZY

UPDATE ON NOV 29, 2019
No complaints about the ear abscess. Satifisfied owner. However the slider has a right swollen eye. Came for consultation.