Avaliação da sutura farpada em cadelas com piometra submetidas à ovariohisterectomia

Abstract

We aimed to evaluate the use of barbed sutures, the surgical time, the leucogram, the tissue thickness in which the sutures were employed (ultrassonography), and the possible complications in bitches with pyometra submitted to ovariohysterectomy (OH). Barbed (BS n=10) or conventional sutures (CS n=10) were used to perform celioraphy and subcutaneous closure. The times required for celioraphy (p = 0.71), subcutaneous closure 6 (p = 0.29), as well as the total surgical time did not differ between groups (p = 0.51). Leucogram at 48h postsurgery did not differ between groups (p=0.20). Ultrasonographic values of subcutaneous (p = 0.24) and abdominal thickness (p=0.52) did not differ in BS, in evaluations between 24 and 48 hours after surgery. In the CS, both subcutaneous (p=0.003) and abdominal (p=0.01) thickness were significantly lower 48 hours after surgery. Although barbed sutures has proven to be efficient and safe for abdominal and subcutaneous closure, considering its current high cost in addition that surgical time of bitches with pyometra undergone OH was not reduced, no advantages were observed with the use of barbed sutures for this type of surgery.