A One‐Stage Marsupialization Procedure for Management of Infected Umbilical Vein Remnants in Calves and Foals
作者:
RYLAND B. EDWARDS III,
SUSAN L. FUBINI,
期刊:
Veterinary Surgery
(WILEY Available online 1995)
卷期:
Volume 24,
issue 1
页码: 32-35
ISSN:0161-3499
年代: 1995
DOI:10.1111/j.1532-950X.1995.tb01290.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
Five Holstein calves and two foals with omphalophlebitis were treated by surgical marsupialization of the umbilical vein remnant because complete resection of the infected tract was not possible. The infected umbilical stalk was resected, and the umbilical vein remnant was marsupialized in a one‐stage procedure by suturing it into the abdominal wall lateral to the abdominal incision. Antimicrobial drugs were administered, and the marsupialized tract was irrigated until closure by second intention healing. Cellulitis associated with the marsupialization site occurred in two calves but resolved with antimicrobial therapy. Owners reported that, 9 to 60 months after surgery, there were no complications associated with the procedur
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