what are the treatment options for cherry eye in dogs and which has the lowest recurrence rate?

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For cherry eye in dogs, surgical repair is the treatment of choice, with no significant difference in recurrence rates between the two primary techniques — anchoring and pocket — based on current evidence. 1 Both the anchoring technique and the pocket technique are accepted surgical options. Neither has been shown to produce a significantly lower recurrence rate than the other, and surgeon preference and prior experience are the appropriate basis for technique selection until higher-quality comparative data are available. 1 The veterinary literature does not currently provide recurrence rate percentages for individual cherry eye repair techniques that would allow a quantitative comparison between anchoring and pocket approaches. 1 --- Would you like a breakdown of the anatomical principles that distinguish the anchoring technique from the pocket technique, and how each addresses gland repositioning?