TREATMENT OF BULBUS OCULI DEXTRA PROLAPSE IN MIX POM DOGS

Abstract

Prolapse of the bulbus oculi is a condition where the eyeball protrudes from the eye socket, which occurs due to impact, blunt trauma, fights or tumors. A Mix Pom purebred dog, named Koko, male, 7 years old, 5.21 kg body weight and brown hair color, complained of the right eyeball protruding from the eye socket since two days. The purpose of writing this case report is to describe the process of lifting the eyeball by cutting the tissue and the nerves inside it using the enucleation technique. From physical examination and clinical signs, the case dog was diagnosed with prolapse of the dextra bulbus oculi with a fausta prognosis. Case dogs were treated with bulbus oculi enucleation surgery, which is a surgical procedure by lifting the eyeball from the eye socket. The surgery was performed under a combination of xylazine and ketamine general anesthesia. Postoperative case dogs were given cefotaxime antibiotics at a dose of 20 mg/kg body weight for two days and followed by oral antibiotic cefixime trihydrate at a dose of 10 mg/kg body weight for five days. Anti-inflammatory in the form of tolfenamic acid with a dose of 4 mg/kg body weight intramuscularly for two days and followed by oral anti-inflammatory dexamethasone tablets 0.25 mg/kg body weight (2 x daily) for five days. The results of the operation showed wound healing on the 10th day, which was indicated by the stitches that had dried and merged, and the dog was active again. Advice that can be given is that a dog suffering from bulbus oculi prolapse must be immediately acted upon, so as not to worsen the dog's condition and to prevent various complications, one of which is miasis.