Authors : Ona Jonas Anayo, Eze Athanasius Chinedu and Ukwueze Celestine Okwudili
Abstract: This study investigated the effects of peritoneum-sutured and not-sutured techniques in incisional wound healing in omentopexed WAD goats. Twenty male WAD goats aged 6-8 months used in this study were randomly assigned into four groups of 5 goats each. Left-flank-oblique-laparotomy, 6 cm long was performed in all the goats. In group I incision, only the muscle layers were sutured leaving the peritoneum unsutured. In group II, the muscle and the peritoneum were sutured together. In groups, III and IV, omentopexy was performed and the laparotomy incision sutured as in groups II and I, respectively. The goats were assessed for signs of pain, bleeding and exudation. One goat each per group was sacrificed on post-surgery days (psd); 3, 7, 14 and 42 to observe the peritoneal sites for hyperaemia, haemorrage and tissue adhesions. The degree of tissue reaction was scored as mild, moderate or severe. Serosanguinous exudates were observed in goats in groups I and IV (psd 1-8) and II and III (psd 1-6), respectively. Hyperaemia was mild in groups I and II and moderate in groups III and IV. Group IV also had some areas of severe hyperaemia and haemorrages observed following separation of adhered tissues. Peritoneum-omentum and muscle-omentum adhesions noted in group I resolved within psd 14. All the goats in groups III and IV displayed peritoneum-omentum adhesion. One goat in group III had rumen-peritoneum adhesion while peritoneum-omentum, peritoneum-rumen, muscle-rumen and muscle-omentum adhesions were observed in group IV. It was concluded that omentopexy creates adhesion with visceral complications that may delay wound healing in peritoneum-not sutured technique in male WAD goats.
Ona Jonas Anayo, Eze Athanasius Chinedu and Ukwueze Celestine Okwudili, 2017. Clinical Assessment of Incisional Wound Heaing Following Peritoneum-Sutured and Not-Sutured Techniques of Laparotomy in Omentopexed West African Dwarf (WAD) Goats. Research Journal of Agronomy, 11: 12-18.