Treatment of recurrent rectal prolapse by colopexy method in a German Shepherd dog

Subject Areas : clinical veterinary science

H. Alidoosti, ¹ (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran)
S.M Razzaghi Manesh, ² (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran)
مصطفی Noorbakhsh, ³ (Department of Clinical Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran)
M. Dadar ⁴ (Institute of Scientifc and Applied Higher Education of Jahad-e-Keshavarzi, Center of Isfahan. Iran)

Received: 2016-11-03 Accepted : 2016-11-03 Published : 2013-03-21

Keywords: Dog, Colopexy, Rectal prolapse,

Abstract :

A 6 month German shepherd dog, 10 kg body weight was referred to the private small animal clinic. History taking and physical examination revealed that the patient was suffering from a recurrent rectal prolapse during 14 weeks and despite multiple treatments (medical and surgical), none of them were not effective. Therefore, a surgical treatment to fx the colon to the abdominal wall was performed. Eight months post surgical, no recurrence of the prolapse has been reported. According to the results, we can conclude that fxing the colon (Colopexy) to the abdominal wall is an appropriate and effective treatment Method for the recurrent rectal prolapses.