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Case Reports
. 2012 Feb;14(2):169-70.
doi: 10.1177/1098612X11429230.

Laparoscopic-assisted incisional colopexy by two portals access in a domestic cat with recurrent rectal prolapse

Priscila Secchi  1 , Hiran Castagnino Kunert Filho, João Pedro Scussel Feranti, Marília Teresa de Oliveira, Juliana Gottlieb, Rogério Luizari Guedes, Lucas Marques Colomé, Maurício Veloso Brun
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Laparoscopic-assisted incisional colopexy by two portals access in a domestic cat with recurrent rectal prolapse

Priscila Secchi et al. J Feline Med Surg. 2012 Feb.

Abstract

A 2-year-old female mixed-breed cat weighing 2.7 kg presented with recurrent rectal prolapse. The following report describes its treatment by laparoscopic-assisted incisional colopexy using two portals. The procedure was effective and without trans- or postoperative complications. Recurrent prolapses did not recur in the 2 months of postoperative observation.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Surgical wounds (arrows) after skin sutures showing the position of the portals. The blue arrow shows the region where the descendent colon was fixed
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