Evaluación de dos técnicas quirúrgicas de OVH (Lateral y medial) en gatas domésticas (Felis silvestris catus) en el CAV localizado en la Universidad Católica de Santiago De Guayaquil.

Abstract

The following undergraduate degree research will be carried out in the Veterinary Academic Clinic located in the Universidad Católica Santiago de Guayaquil. The objective of this study is to correlate the wound healing of two ovariohysterectomy approaches, flank and midline; and closed with one of two suture techniques, a single interrupted suture or a continuous subdermal suture to measure the level of the wound healing of the incision site on the fourth and seventh day in the domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus). The study population will be composed of 100 clinically healthy cats, which will then be divided in two groups of 50, based on the surgical approach to be used. Both groups will be further subdivided into 4 groups of 25, according to the type of suture technique used. The wound will be evaluated on the fourth and seventh day depending on the presence or absence of edema, erythema, dehiscence, and exudate. As an expected result, the wound caused by the flank approach, using the continuous subdermal suture technique, will provide a more efficient healing, therefore, the patient can return to its daily life faster and with fewer complications than with the midline approach.