TECHNIQUE OF LATERAL CANTHOPLASTY FOR THE CORRECTION OF MACROPALPEBRAL FISSURE IN THE DOG

The various clinical anomalies associated with macropalpebral fissure in the dog can be relatively successfully addressed by a reduction in functional eyelid length and stabilisation of the lateral canthus. In this new technique the basic principles of the Kuhnt-Szymanowski later al canthoplasty have been extended to include an additional shortening of the upper eyelid obtained by a triangular split thickness resectio n. Results in a series of 22 patients have demonstrated significant cl inical improvement throughout, with optimum positioning of the modifie d palpebral fissures being achieved in five of these patients by the a dditional and subsequent resection of redundant forehead skin.