Comparación de dos abordajes quirúrgicos, medial y lateral, para ovariohisterectomía en gatas, en el tiempo de cirugía y parámetros de invasión

Abstract

The objective of following research was to evaluate two surgical approaches, midline and flank, for ovariohysterectomy OVH in cats comparing surgery time and invasive parameters. This project was made in the “Clínica Veterinaria Docente” of the Universidad de Cuenca, in 40 cats clinically healthy, between 12 and 48 months and a body condition index between 2.5 and 3, independently of race. The 40 cats were divided homologously into two groups to be operated surgically for an OVH, through a midline AM; n = 20 and a flank approach AL; n = 20. The time of surgery was evaluated in seconds and invasive parameters were evaluated as: amount of bleeding in milligrams and wound size in millimeters. A homolog distribution desing for experimental units and the Mann Whitney U test (P <0.05) were used to determinate statistical differences of each variable between groups. The results obtained were better for flank approach (P <0.05) compared to midline approach respectively: for the surgery time was: 354.8 ± 7.92 and 555.5 ± 11.06 sec; wound size: 7.85 ± 0.10 and 11.25 ± 0.2 mm and amount of bleeding: 240 ± 38.43 and 626 ± 36.08 mg. As a conclusion the flank approach used for an OVH in cats is more effective in surgery time and invasive parameters in contrast to the approach midline