Authors : Rafael DeRossi , Raquel S. Juliano , Marcia C. C. Barbosa and Gisele V. Bucker
Abstract: To asses a technique for the prevention of urinary incontinence syndrome (UIS) in female dogs to be castrated, with predispositional characteristics such as obesity, age or breed. After ovariohysterectomy (OVH), in a second intervention colposuspension is perfomed using two aponeurotic slings obtained from the abdominorectal muscles of the fasciae. Descriptive study, 16 female dogs predisposed to developing the UIS after neutering. After the traditional OVH, the colposuspension was perfomed in all bitches using two aponeurotic slings obtained from the abdominorectal muscles of the fasciae, passed through the abdominorectal muscles and peritoneum and attached to the remaining vaginal/uterine stump. All animals were submitted to radiological exams (cystoretrography) and clinical observation over a mean period of 36 months. All bitches became continent after the surgery and remained continent over a period of 36 months (mean time of 26 months). The bladder and the urethro-vesical sphincter maintained themselves cranially to the pubic bone during the time of observation. An animal not included in this study was euthanized one month after surgery and no adhesions between the slings and other abdominal organs were detected. No fistulas were found in any of the operated animals. This proposed preventive technique can prevent the occurrence of urinary incontinence syndrome in female dogs to be neutered, with predispositional characteristics. The clinical/radiological control of the large number of bitches over a longer period of time should be perfomed in order to confirm the direct relevance of this procedure in terms of veterinary surgical clinical application.
Rafael DeRossi , Raquel S. Juliano , Marcia C. C. Barbosa and Gisele V. Bucker , 2003. Post-ovariohysterectomy Colposuspension to Prevent Urinary Incontinence Syndrome in the Bitch. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 2: 437-443.