Estudo comparativo entre três técnicas abertas de orquiectomia em gatos
Maciel de Oliveira, KarenAugusto Lopes Muzzi, LeonardoBenetti Junta Torres, BrunoGabellini Leonel Alves, EndrigoRodrigues Sampaio, GabrielaAparecida Lázaro Muzzi, Ruthnea
Background: : : : Surgical sterilization of male cats is one of the most commonly procedures in the small animals practice, used as a control method against the overpopulation of domestic cats. Orchiectomy also aims to prevent or treat hormone-mediated diseases, disorders of the reproductive organs, such as testicular cancer, orchitis, prostatic diseases, trauma or abscesses. In addition, it may be used to control undesirable changes in behavior in adult cats such as the case of territorial marking and aggression. Several surgical techniques are described for orchiectomy in cats using different methods of hemostasis and/or ligation of the spermatic cord. There is a paucity of scientific studies and comparative data that supports one technique over the other, so this experiment was conducted to compare the three major open surgical techniques of ligation of the spermatic vessels to perform orchiectomy in cats. Materials, Methods & Results: Thirty-nine young entire adult male cats, with an average weight of 2.7 kg, were divided into three groups. In group I, animals underwent orchiectomy using the suture technique to ligation of the spermatic cord. In group II, the spermatic cord was used to perform an eight-knot on itself. In group III, the vas deferens and spermatic cord were used together to make square-knots. The outcome of surgical procedures was assessed by clini
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