VARIOUS SURGICAL CASE TREATMENT, OUTCOMES AND COMPLICATIONS IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS IN BISHOFTU
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2019-06
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The study was conducted from September 2018 to June 2019 in Veterinary Teaching Hospital found
in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture of Addis Ababa University, and Dire
veterinary clinic, with objectives of conducting various surgical treatments in different domestic
species of animals with determining postoperative complications and surgical outcomes of each
case. The study was based on the case study of the presented cases. The case that was coming to the
hospital and clinic during the study period with type of disease to achieve the objective of the study
was purposively sampled, diagnosed, surgical treated and followed up until the final outcome of the
condition. Twenty-two cases were studied and compiled based on scientific surgical case report
publishing format where case history, clinical examination, surgical treatment, postoperative care,
postoperative complications and surgical outcomes of diseases were recorded. Accordingly, the
findings of each case were discussed in relation to the finding of other literature. The twenty-two
complied case studies include 6 cases on cattle (traumatic ruminal fistula, dystocia, horn fracture,
fibroma, paraphimosis and uterine prolapse), 7 cases on small ruminants (inguinal hernia, tibia
fracture, obstructive urolithiasis, abscess, a hyena bite, and two limb amputation), 5 cases on small
animals (dystocia, forelimb amputation, ovariohysterectomy, castration and tail amputation), 3 cases
on equines (ventral hernia and two castration) and 1 case on swine (castration). From the total
handed cases, postoperative complications were encountered in eight (36.6%) patients with recovery
and one patient died. The occurrence of these postoperative complications might be associated with
lack of owner commitment to care animal as per advised, nonexistence of aseptic operation theater,
scarcity of anti-inflammatory drugs, irregular administration antibiotics and dressing wound site
with antiseptics. Indicates cares including pain relief, care of animal by owner per advised, aseptic
operation theater, administration of antibiotics and dressing of incision site with antiseptics as per
prescription may a play important role in decreasing postoperative complications and mortality of
patients after surgical treatment.
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Case study, Complication, Outcome