title: Phacoemulsification of bilateral cataracts in a loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta).
abstract: An immature free-living loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) of unknown sex was found moribund off the coast of Wise Point, Virginia. It was suffering from cachexia and had bilateral hypermature cataracts which were treated by phacoemulsification under general anaesthesia. The surgery restored the turtle's vision and it was returned to the wild.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Medicine Consortium and Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 4700 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA.
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Walton
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nadelstein
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Lewbart
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D002386:Cataract / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014426:Turtles