Bydzovsky ND, Bockstahler B, Dupré G. Single-port laparoscopic-assisted ovariohysterectomy with a modified glove-port technique in dogs.
Vet Surg 2019;
48:715-725. [PMID:
31161631 PMCID:
PMC6618065 DOI:
10.1111/vsu.13242]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2018] [Revised: 11/09/2018] [Accepted: 11/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
Objective
To describe a single‐port laparoscopic‐assisted ovariohysterectomy (LOHE) with a modified glove‐port technique in dogs and compare it with previously published laparoscopic techniques for LOHE in dogs.
Study design
Prospective clinical study and technique description.
Animals
Forty‐two healthy female dogs.
Methods
Laparoscopic‐assisted ovariohysterectomy was performed with a custom‐made single‐port device. The total duration of surgery from first incision to skin closure was compared with previously published durations of LOHE in dogs. Short‐term complications were recorded.
Results
The median total duration of surgery was 24 minutes (range, 17.5–39.5; mean, 25.73; SD, 6.12), which was shorter than that described in most previously reported studies of LOHE in dogs (range, 20.8 ± 4.00–60.0 ± 18.45 minutes; P < .001). Intraoperative complications were minor, but wound complications occurred in 12 of 42 (29%) dogs.
Conclusion
Single‐port LOHE with the glove‐port technique in combination with a wound retractor and nonarticulated instruments was completed in all dogs. This technique was faster than what has been previously reported for other LOHE, but local wound complications were common.
Clinical relevance
The glove‐port technique described here offers a low‐cost alternative to other commercially available single‐port devices.
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