The purpose of the study was to investigate the clinical alterations of intravitreal uveal ablation. Thirteen irreversible blind canine eyes, presenting unilateral chronic glaucoma. All the glaucomatous eyes were submitted to intravitreal uveal ablation but the injection of 0.5ml of gentamicin sulfate solution (40mg/ml) associated with 0.3ml of dexametasone phosphate (4mg/ml) through the vitreous chamber. The oftalmic clinical variables were evaluated and classified in scores until 48 weeks after surgery. Clinical signs of pain, like apetite variations and body weight were also evaluated. Clinical signs of ocular discharge, blepharoespasm, quemosis, hifema and pigmentation, neovascularization, pannus and appetite variations and body weight did not show significant differences. The intravitreal uveal ablation reduced the conjunctival hyperemia, however caused increase in corneal opacity. The association of ablation with topic and sistemic antiflamatories was not a painful procedure.
dog; pharmacologic ablation; gentamicin; glaucoma
