City surgeons are top of the ops.UNIVERSITY animal experts paved the way to save the sight of thousands of horses. New surgery techniques pioneered in Liverpool have cut the risk of cataract removal operations. Dozens of horses have already gone under the knife at the University of Liverpool The University of Liverpool is a university in the city of Liverpool, England. History The University was established in 1881 as University College Liverpool, admitting its first students in 1882. . TC, a nine-year old gelding, was walking into objects and injuring itself before the pioneering surgery was carried out. Owner, Melina Jones, said: "If I had not agreed to it the only other course of action would have been to have TC put down. "As a show jumping show jumping Competitive riding of horses through an obstacle course. Horses run the course one at a time, and the winner is judged according to jumping ability and speed. Individual and team jumping events have been part of the Olympic Games since 1912. horse, it was vital to have TC's eyesight restored." "I'm absolutely delighted with the outcome." Professor Derek Knottenbelt, from the University's Division of Equine Studies, and Professor David Wong, from the Ophthalmology ophthalmology (ŏf'thălmŏl`əjē), branch of medicine specializing in the anatomy, function and diseases of the eye. Ophthalmologists specialize in the medical and surgical treatment of eye disorders, vision measurements for Research Unit, carried out months of research to perfect a tech-nique using an adapted ultrasound machine. CAPTION(S): SIGHTS SET: Professor Derek Knottenbelt from Leahurst animal hospital has helped to develop the technique of using ultrasound to remove equine cateracts |
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