title: Multiple striate keratotomy: a treatment for corneal erosions caused by epithelial basement membrane disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the efficacy of multiple striate keratotomy for the treatment of persistent corneal erosions suspected to be caused by primary corneal epithelial basement membrane disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study.
  
  
  METHODS
  16 dogs, three cats and one Australian dingo.
  
  
  METHODS
  A technique called multiple striate keratotomy was used to treat twenty animals suffering from persistent corneal erosions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All persistent corneal erosions healed with only one treatment. Most cases healed within 2 weeks. One case developed a second erosion in the same eye but in a different position to the original erosion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Multiple striate keratotomy is a safe, effective and well tolerated technique for the treatment of persistent corneal erosions thought to be caused by corneal epithelial basement membrane disease.
authors.affiliation: Armadale Veterinary Eye Hospital, Victoria.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Blogg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D002335:Carnivora; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002415:Cats; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D007646:Keratotomy, Radial / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies