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When should OEs be performed?

4-6 months


Some argue 1y for ortho development


Some before sexual maturity

How are K9 OEs prepped

Clip from tip of prepuce to start of scrotum w/ wide margins


Scrotum not usually included

What is scrotal ablation?

Incision around base of scrotum


SQ and scrotal tissue removed

Post of K9 OE

Clipper burn, hemorrhage, scrotal seroma

When are feline OEs performed?

6 months

Post-op feline OE

scrotal swelling/bleeding


e-collar?


shredded litter 5-7d

pros to fixing

22-40% longer life


Less fighting


Les dz


Less behavioral??


TOO MANY ANIMALS

Unspayed female dog can have ____ puppies in ____ years

67,000 in 6y

Pre-op considerations for K9 OHE

5-6m of age to decrease mammary tumors


3-4m post estrus


6-8wks after partrition


Clotting times

OHE proceedure

Uterine horn exteriorized w/spay hook


Ligament broken


ligate vessels (stump left is pedicle)


remove ovaries then stump of uterus

The right pedical is located

caudal to right kidney

Post-op OHE

Hemorrhage/irritation/infection


Monitory urinary output (ureter ligation)


Can have stump pyometra

What is an onychectomy?

Removal of claw and third phalanx

What should NOT be done to cat prior to onchyectomy?

Clip nails

Pain control and considerations pre-op

Fentanyl patch


Tourniquet distal to elbow


Nerve blocks

3 sx techniques for onchyectomy

Rescoe nail trimmer


Scalpel blade


CO2 laser

Rescoe nail trimmer

between 2nd and 3rd phalanx


some 3rd phalanx left behind

Blade onchyectomy

#12 remove all of 3rd phalanx


avoid lacerating pad

CO2 laser method

little bleeding


cover foot/instrument in saline sponges


monitor laser reflection



Closure of onchyectomy

1-2 suture or glue


DONT glue bone (delay healing/lameness)


Bandage snuggly

Post-op pain

Pure opioid if no fentanyl


shredded paper litter 10d


remove suture if still there 2wks

Complications of onchectomy

infection


regrowth


lameness


loose bandages/bleeding