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A pet owner has spoken of their delight after one of our brilliant Ophthalmology team used a pig\u2019s cornea to save a young bulldog from becoming blind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three-year-old Marley had already lost his left eye after suffering a deep corneal ulcer which had perforated the eyeball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, when he was diagnosed with an identical problem in the right eye, his owners Michael and Carol Bradley, from Walsall, feared he would completely lose his sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Alberto Palella Gomez<\/a>, a Clinician in Veterinary Ophthalmology here at Willows had a plan to ensure Marley would keep his vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CORNEAL ULCER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alberto explained: \u201cMarley had a right-sided deep corneal ulcer which, in the absence of other ocular abnormalities, probably started as superficial defect and progressed to a deep corneal ulcer due to bacterial contamination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMarley had previously undergone right-sided corneal surgery at his referring veterinary practice where they had performed a conjunctival pedicle graft but unfortunately that had failed. They had also removed his left eye, so Marley came to us at serious risk of another perforation, and was in danger of losing his remaining eye.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately for Marley, we are an internationally-renowned centre of excellence for Ophthalmology cases and our expert team and state-of-the-art equipment enables us to regularly treat the most complicated corneal cases, which include corneal grafting from donated tissue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This tissue actually comes from deceased pigs\u2019 corneas. These corneas are bio-engineered for use in repairing corneal ulcers such as Marley\u2019s and have been used extensively in veterinary and human medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EXCELLENT VISION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alberto said: \u201cWe perform corneal surgery here at Willows on a daily basis and corneal grafting is one of these such procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe successfully performed a right-sided corneal transplant to repair the defect. Marley recovered really well from surgery and not only was he able to keep his remaining eye, he has also regained excellent vision in that eye as the cornea became almost completely transparent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delighted owner Michael said: \u201cWe can\u2019t praise Alberto and Willows enough. We\u2019d absolutely recommend them to other pet owners. Marley\u2019s right eye is absolutely fine again now. He\u2019s not on any medication at all and he\u2019s doing really well. We couldn’t be more grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To find out more about Willows’ Specialist Ophthalmology service click here. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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