LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED OVARIOHYSTERECTOMY IN A BITCH WITH HEMATOMETRA

Authors

  • Anelise Bonilla Trindade Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
  • Maurício Veloso Brun Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF), Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
  • Paula Cristina Basso Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
  • Natasha Frezza Oliveira Médica Veterinária, Autônoma.
  • Bianca Bertoletti Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF), Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
  • Carlos Eduardo Bortolini Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
  • Emerson Antônio Contesini Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v11i1.1452

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Animal Sanity

Abstract

The canine pyometritis is an adult bitch illness characterized by the inflammation of the uterus with secretion accumulation. Hematometra is a consequence of the piometritis, however it is characterized for diapese of erythrocytes for the uterus, which changes the coloration of the secretion. The treatment ought to be immediate and aggressive, and the advised treatment is ovariohysterectomy for seriously ill animals. This report describes the laparoscopic-assisted ovariohysterctomy as a surgical treatment of hematometra in a bitch akita, six years-old with 34kg. The laparoscopic was the occlusion of ovarian vessels and mesovarium attachment using three portals technique. The uterine vessels and uterus were managed through a small pre-pubic celiotomy. No complications or reincidence of the disease were noticed, showing the effectiveness of the procedure in dogs. Seven month adequate postoperative evolution reassured the surgical conduct performed.

KEY WORDS: Bitches, surgery, laparoscopy, pyometritis, treatment.

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Published

2010-04-01

How to Cite

TRINDADE, A. B.; BRUN, M. V.; BASSO, P. C.; OLIVEIRA, N. F.; BERTOLETTI, B.; BORTOLINI, C. E.; CONTESINI, E. A. LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED OVARIOHYSTERECTOMY IN A BITCH WITH HEMATOMETRA. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 11, n. 1, p. 228–233, 2010. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v11i1.1452. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/1452. Acesso em: 22 apr. 2025.

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Case report