VPN Plus+ ExclusiveA clear look at cataract conditions and treatmentsJanuary 28, 2022An incomplete or smaller cataract can occupy a focal region within the lens. During examination, the location of lens opacities is best determined using a slit beam to create an optic cross section, highlighting the anterior and posterior lens capsule with bright, convex and concave, respectively, lines of light, and then assessing relative depth and position of lesions. Cataracts may be capsular, cortical, or nuclear.
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Kansas State vets perform cataract surgery on young gibbonMarch 16, 2017Veterinarians at the Kansas State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine have performed what might be the first cataract surgery on a young ape patient in the U.S. The lucky ape? Booger, a 2-year-old gibbon.
Texas A&M restoring penguin eyesightJuly 27, 2016Texas A&M University veterinarians are striving to become national experts on penguin cataract surgery. Their potential patients aren’t thousands of miles away in Antarctica but at Moody Gardens in Galveston, Texas.
