Cesarean section
Authors: Robertson, S. and White, S.
Pages: 267-280
DOI: 10.1002/9781119646006.ch13
Abstract:In a shelter or high-quality high-volume spay-neuter clinic setting, the goal of a cesarean section (C-section) may be to save the life of the dam, the offspring, or both, and in most cases the bitch or queen will also undergo an ovariohysterectomy. The surgical technique may be a “traditional” C-section in which delivery of the puppies or kittens by hysterotomy precedes ovariohysterectomy, or be may accomplished by an en bloc C-section technique. In the latter, ovariohysterectomy is performed before hysterotomy and removal of the neonates. Different protocols for elective and emergency C-section in dogs and cats based on differences on drug availability are given in detail in the World Small Animal Veterinary Association’s Global Pain Council Treatise on the recognition, assessment, and treatment of pain, released in 2014. This chapter gives an example of an anesthetic protocol for a C-section in a non-compromised dog or cat.
Source: Scopus
