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- Title
Intraoperative and early postoperative pain in cats that underwent ovariohysterectomy using a spay hook: a randomised, masked, experimental study.
- Authors
de Menezes, Mareliza Possa; de Faria, Luís Guilherme; Franco, Guilherme Galhardo; Ido, Cléber Kazuo; Kawamoto, Fernando Yoiti Kitamura; de Souza, João Augusto Leonel; Gomide, Paula Regina Silva; Filgueira, Fabrícia Geovânia Fernandes; Yamada, Diego Iwao; Minto, Bruno Watanabe
- Abstract
Background: This study aimed to compare the feasibility and practicality of the ovariohysterectomy (OHE) technique in cats with or without a spay hook with respect to the incision size, surgical time, surgical variables, and intra- and postoperative pain. Twenty-nine female cats underwent OHE using a spay hook (spay hook group [SHG], n = 15) or without using a spay hook (control group [CG], n = 14) to achieve the ovaries and cervix. Physiological parameters were monitored during the intraoperative period, and postoperative pain was assessed using a multidimensional composite and visual analogue pain scales. Results: The SHG had a significantly shorter operative time than the CG. The variables in the intraoperative period showed no statistically significant difference between both groups, as well as the early postoperative pain. Conclusions: Less invasive OHE using a spay hook could potentially be a viable and feasible technique when performed by an inexperienced surgeon with appropriate training, especially in sterilisation campaigns, reducing the time to perform the procedure and increasing the number of animals spayed per time.
- Subjects
POSTOPERATIVE pain; SPAYING; HYSTERO-oophorectomy; CATS; VISUAL analog scale
- Publication
BMC Veterinary Research, 2023, Vol 19, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1746-6148
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12917-023-03718-w