10 research outputs found
Evaluation of central vestibular syndrome in dogs using brainstem auditory evoked responses recorded with surface electrodes
P.1.b.007 Idiopathic acute polyradiculoneuritis concurrent with acquired myasthenia gravis or a separate entity in a West Highland White Terrier dog?
ID 18 – Electrophysiological findings in idiopathic acute polyradiculoneuritis concurrent with myasthenia gravis in a West Highland White Terrier dog
Evaluation of central vestibular syndrome in dogs using brainstem auditory evoked responses recorded with surface electrodes
ABSTRACT The present study aimed to analyse the wave morphology, amplitude, latency, and intervals of the brainstem auditory evoked responses (BAERs) in dogs with central vestibular syndrome (CVS) recorded with surface electrodes. Ten dogs with CVS were examined by mono- and binaural stimulation, using the Neuropack electrodiagnostic system, with stimulus intensities of 90 dBSPL. BAERs examinations revealed morphological changes of waves I, II, III, and V and decreased amplitudes of all waves in 7/10 dogs. P values obtained were = 0.014 for wave I amplitude, 0.031 for II, and III and 0.032 for V. Comparing the latencies of waves I, II, III, and V generated by right and left monoaural stimulation in dogs with CVS, we did not observe significant differences (P>0.05). No statistical differences were observed for BAERs latencies of the waves recorded after binaural and monaural stimulation (left or right). As far as we know, this is the first study of BAERs using surface electrodes, obtained from dogs with CVS
Interictal cardiac autonomic nervous system disturbances in dogs with idiopathic epilepsy
P.5.e.002 The importance of brainstem auditory evoked response in dogs with congenital hydrocephalus
Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty tissue preparation with femtosecond laser and contact lens.
To report a novel method of preparing planar Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) tissue using a femtosecond laser with a hyperopic soft contact lens (Hyp-SCL).
DSAEK tissue was prepared from 11 cadaveric porcine eyes. A femtosecond laser was used to create 400-microm flaps, with or without a Hyp-SCL, after which the eyes were imaged with anterior segment optical coherence tomography. The ratio of the mean central thickness (C) to the mean peripheral thickness (P) was calculated using the flap tool.
Eleven eyes were cut (5 without, 5 with, and 1 without and with a Hyp-SCL). In all corneas, the cut interfaces were visualized by anterior segment optical coherence tomography. The mean C:P ratio of the flap made without a Hyp-SCL was 0.998 (range 0.968-1.03, SD = 0.254) compared with 0.904 (range 0.851-0.985, SD = 0.509) with a Hyp-SCL (P = 0.001), demonstrating that a cut made with a Hyp-SCL created a flap that was significantly more concave than that created without a Hyp-SCL, resulting in a more planar DSAEK graft. However, the C:P ratios calculated for DSAEK tissue made without (mean 0.998, range 0.965-1.02, SD = 0.0195) and with (mean 1.02, range 0.986-1.05, SD = 0.0250) a Hyp-SCL did not show significance (P = 0.07).
Combining a femtosecond laser and a Hyp-SCL may aid in the creation of planar donor tissue for DSAEK. Clinically, this could reduce the amount of postoperative hyperopic shift, although further human corneal studies are warranted
