In this dvm360® interview, Joshua J. Broadwater, DVM, DACVO, with Charlotte Animal Referral & Emergency in North Carolina, demonstrates how he successfully examines the vitreous, retina, and optic nerve head in pets whereas providing insightful pointers.
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The following is a partial transcript of the video.
Joshua J. Broadwater, DVM, DACVO: When we do a correct examination on the retina or the fundus for dogs or cats, there is a couple issues to do not forget that make this a lot simpler to do. And there’s a few other ways to do it. So, one technique that a whole lot of basic practitioners are aware of is direct ophthalmoscope. And that normally includes utilizing considered one of these little Welch Allyn heads right here to get an in depth examination of the retina and the optic nerve head. And this has a pair benefits, couple of disadvantages.
The 2 most necessary parts on listed below are going to be the sunshine aperture, and the dialing aperture right here that tells you precisely the place you are specializing in within the attention. So, more often than not for this to be correctly arrange, we would like the dial to be set at zero, that is going to offer us one of the best give attention to the again of the attention to take a look at the retina, the optic nerve, issues like that.
And there is a couple strategies which will provide help to right here. So, one goes to be whenever you study a canine, we usually work a few 4 inch working distance from the the nostril. It tends to be finest to make use of your left eye to the affected person’s left eye, your proper eye to the affected person’s proper eye. So, after I do this sort of examination, I attempt to guarantee that I’ve this as much as my left eye, to their left eye. And that is how we’re going to have the ability to get view of the again of the attention with out the nostril getting in the best way there for us. And it could be the identical factor on the opposite facet. With this direct view, the benefit is you are going to get a really magnified view of the retina, about 15 instances the traditional magnification of the retina. And that is nice to have the ability to see issues intimately.
