Comparative efficacy of polypropylene mesh graft and jejunal graft for the repair of abdominal wall defect in dogs
2002
Farqooq, U. (College of Veterinary Sciences, Lahore (Pakistan))
Abdomen is a very delicate portion of the body. It is prone to trauma and clinical cases like malignant soft tissue tumors, abdominal hernias are quite common in both young and mature dogs. In massive abdominal wall defect, the use of graft becomes mandatory to achieve desirable results. Different techniques have been performed to overcome this challenge. The present project was launched to find out the efficacy of two techniques for repair of abdominal wall defect. The study was conducted on 10 mongrel dogs of either sex. The dogs were divided into two groups i.e. group-A and group-B, comprising 5 dogs each. In group- A abdominal wall defect was repaired by polypropylene mesh and in group-B it was repaired by auto genous jejunal graft with intact blood supply. All the dogs were kept in kennels in Surgery Department College of Veterinary Sciences Lahore for a period of 60 days and results were evaluated on basis of clinical and postmortem findings. In group-A, a ll the dogs survived and they did not show any mortality and herniation through operative site. Whereas in group-B, a lot of postoperative complications were seen. The results of the study clearly indicated that polypropylene mesh graft was better choice over the autogenous jejunal graft for the repair of abdominal wall defect in dogs. Although polypropylene mesh is bit expensive as compare to auto grafting, but as far as life of animal is concerned it is need of modern surgery and an ideal choice dealing in emergency cases where life of animal is main objective.
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