4024. INTERN*****. Is it possible to use electro-surgery for entropion surgery?

HOOK. Use some entropion footage from the following video as hook.

Case 3. An older Sharpei has acquired entropion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr_FfVm0ltg

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Is it possible to use electro-surgery for entropion surgery in the dog?
Case studies of 4 Sharpeis and 1 Chow Chow.
Dr Sing Kong Yuen, BVMS (Glasgow),  Toa Payoh Vets, Singapore

Singapore is a city state where around 80% of the residents live in high-rise apartments.
Most dog owners have small breed dogs as pets. 

Some canine breeds are prone to suffer from Entropion which is the in-rolling of the eye-lids.


Some vets believe that electro-surgery should not be used for entropion surgery aa it causes poor wound healing as compared to a scalpel incision. I do not agree as I have used it in various surgeries when it is indicated.




What is electrosurgery and when is it used? Do some research.



Two cases of entropion surgery performed in the Chow Chow and the Chinese Sharpei produced excellent healing. These are presented here. 

Intern to read the text in the slides. Do not narrate like a bullet train.
Case 1.  An adopted older Chow Chow has severe entropion

JUST AFTER ELECTRO-SURGERY

EYES OPEN WIDER AFTER ENTROPION SURGERY

FOLLOW UP 3 YEARS LATER. THE OWNER IS PLEASED WITH THE EXCELLENT OUTCOME.

CONCLUSION

Case 2.  Chinese shar-pei puppies have entropion

http://www.bekindtopets.com/dogs/20100151Entropion_Shar_Pei_Pups_ToaPayohVets.htm

I was at the pet shop vaccinating the puppies.  The pet shop owner thought the persistent eye discharge and corneal ulcerations in his Sharpeis, for the past few weeks were due to eye infections. He used eye drops without success.  After electro-surgery, the 4  puppies had no more eye discharge (epiphora) and the corneal ulcers healed. He was able to sell the 4 puppies.

CONCLUSION
Entropion may be mis-diagnosed as eye infections. Get a veterinary examination and a veterinary surgeon who performs entropion surgery as not all vets do it. Scalpel incision or electro-surgery are both good methods to excise the exess skin strips. Usually the outcome is excellent in that there will be no more eye pain and discharge some 14 days after surgery.


Case 3. An older Sharpei has acquired entropion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr_FfVm0ltg