Veterinary Ophthalmic Surgery

By Kirk N. Gelatt, VMD, Distinguished Professor of Comparative Ophthalmology, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences and the Gwathmey-Adams Laboratory for Vision Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Janice P. Gelatt, MFA, Instructor, Professional Development and Community Education, Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, FL

• Surgical instrumentation
• The operating room
• Anaesthesia for ophthalmic surgery
• Surgery of the eyelids
• Surgery of nasolacrimal apparatus and tear systems
• Surgical procedures for the conjunctiva and the nictitating membrane
• Surgery of the cornea and sclera
• Surgical procedures of the anterior chamger and anterior uvea
• Surgical procedures for the glaucomas
• Surgical procedures of the lens and cataract
• Vitreoretinal surgery