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- Title
Preoperative Immunosuppressive Therapy and Surgery as a Treatment for Anal Furunculosis.
- Authors
KLEIN, ARNAUD; DENEUCHE, AYMERIC; FAYOLLE, PASCAL; HIDALGO, ANTOINE; SCOTTI, STEFANO; ZYLBERSTEIN, LUCA; DESBOIS, CHRISTOPHE; TESSIER, DOMINIQUE; MOISSONNIER, PIERRE; VIATEAU, VÉRONIQUE
- Abstract
Objectives To evaluate the efficacy of combining preoperative immunosuppressive therapy with surgical excision for treatment of anal furunculosis (AF) in dogs. Study Design Retrospective study. Animals Dogs (n=25) with stages 1–4 AF. Methods Preoperative immunosuppressive therapy was either cyclosporine A (CyA) alone or in combination with ketoconazole (Group 1; n=18), or azathioprine combined with prednisolone (Group 2; n=7). Surgical excision of residual draining tracts, cryptectomy, and anal sacculectomy were performed. Only dogs with postoperative clinical follow-up exceeding 9 months were retained for the study. Results Both immunosuppressive protocols were effective in reducing progression of AF. Subsequent draining tracts excision, cryptectomy, and anal sacculectomy were bilateral (12 dogs) or unilateral (13 dogs of which 4 had bilateral anal sacculectomy). Postoperative recovery was uneventful, except for 2 dogs that had wound breakdown. Recurrence was not observed in any of the dogs that had bilateral surgical excision and or in 9 dogs that had unilateral excision. Conclusion Preoperative immunosuppressive therapy, combined with bilateral surgical resection of affected tissue consistently, resulted in resolution of AF. Four dogs that had recurrence had unilateral excision despite initial bilateral involvement, suggesting that all diseased tissue should be excised. Clinical Relevance These preliminary results suggest that immunosuppressive therapy before surgical excision for AF yields minimizes recurrence in dogs.
- Publication
Veterinary Surgery, 2006, Vol 35, Issue 8, p759
- ISSN
0161-3499
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1532-950X.2006.00220.x