Contribution to the surgical treatment of perineal hernia with prostatectomy in the dog

Abstract

The present paper reports the occurrence of perineal hernia in 10 dogs, establishing the presence of the urinary bladder and the prostate as components of the hernial content. The dogs were of different breeds, their ages varying from 7 to 14 years. Five of the animals presented the process on the right side, four on the left and in only one the process was bilateral. In the surgical reparation of the perineal hernia, as an important step to prevent reincidence of the process, the author performed the prostatectomy according to the technique recommended by Matera (1952), allowing satisfactory functional results. The structures involved in the process were identified and utilized with the objective or complete recuperation of the anatomical region, a procedure that revealed itself as highly effective. Until the present moment, reincidence of the process or other complications consequent to the technique employed were not verified in the cases here reported.