title: Retinal detachment postphacoemulsification in Bichon Frises: a retrospective study of 54 dogs.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare rates of retinal detachment (RD) postphacoemulsification in American Bichon Frises with and without prophylactic retinopexy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Medical records of 54 Bichon Frises undergoing phacoemulsification with or without prophylactic retinopexy between 2003 and 2013 in one or both eyes were reviewed from five Midwestern university veterinary teaching hospitals. Inclusion criteria were preoperative ERG, at least 6 months of follow-up postphacoemulsification, and the absence of preexisting RD as determined by ophthalmic examination and/or ultrasound. Statistical analyses were performed using chi-squared test, and Wilcoxon rank-sum tests and Wilson confidence intervals with the P-value <0.05 were considered significant.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Phacoemulsification was performed without retinopexy in 79 eyes (42 dogs, non-PR group) and with prophylactic retinopexy in 23 eyes (12 dogs, PR group). Incidence of diabetes mellitus was 10/42 and 3/12 in the non-PR and the PR groups, respectively (P = 0.93). Intraocular lens implantation was performed in 40/42 non-PR dogs and 11/12 PR dogs (P = 0.63, 73/79 vs. 21/23 eyes). At final re-examination, RD occurred in 4/79 eyes without retinopexy, compared to 0/23 RD in the retinopexy group. There was no statistically significant difference in RD rates between the two groups (P = 0.27).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These data provide no statistical evidence to support prophylactic retinopexy in Bichon Frises. Due to the low rate of retinal detachment following phacoemulsification without prophylactic retinopexy, the procedure appears to offer limited benefit to offset cost, procedural risk, and risk of extended or repeated anesthesia in Bichon Frises.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, 2015 Linden Dr., Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
authors.forename: Silvia G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Pryor
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, 2015 Linden Dr., Madison, WI, 53706, USA. bentleye@vetmed.wisc.edu.
authors.forename: Ellison
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bentley
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, 2015 Linden Dr., Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
authors.forename: Gillian J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: McLellan
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, 900 East Campus Drive, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Giuliano
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, 1600 S. 16th St., Ames, IA, 50011, USA.
authors.forename: Rachel A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Allbaugh
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, 1800 Dennison Ave, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA.
authors.forename: Amy J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Rankin
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Clinical Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1008 W. Hazelwood Drive, Urbana, IL, 61802, USA.
authors.forename: Amber L
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3677-9434
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Labelle
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI, 53792, USA.
authors.forename: Kevin A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Buhr
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004285:Dogs; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000662:veterinary*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
keywords: Bichon Frise; phacoemulsification; prophylactic retinopexy; retinal detachment