Surgical Repair of Traumatic Scleral Staphyloma in a Dog

Abstract

A traumatic scleral staphyloma on the left eye of a five-year-old female poodle was successfully treated with microsurgery. The dog had received a severe blow on the left eye a month before. At the first visit, a dark bulging on the sclera was seen at the 12 o'clock position, and the pupil was stretched ovally. Several ophthalmic tests and observations during the surgical operation confirmed the diagnosis of scleral staphyloma. We presumed that the uveal tract of the left eye had been protruded by traumatic, partial rupture of the sclera, lying beneath the bulbar conjunctiva. Surgical correction was successful, and the dog's eye returned to almost normal.