Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Laparoscopic kidney surgery to treat dog kidney parasite
By Milech, Vanessa et al.·Published in The Journal of veterinary medical science·2022·Federal University of Santa Maria-UFSM, Brazil·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Laparoscopic nephron-sparing surgery for the treatment of canine dioctophymosis.
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Plain-English summary
A 5-year-old female dog was found to have a parasitic infection in her kidney during a routine spay surgery, while another dog had been experiencing blood in her urine. Both dogs underwent a minimally invasive surgery called laparoscopic nephrotomy to remove the parasite while preserving as much of the kidney as possible. This new surgical approach was successful in treating the infection and caused less damage to the surrounding tissue. Both dogs recovered well after the procedure.
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Abstract
This paper reports on two cases of laparoscopic nephrotomy employed in the treatment of canine dioctophymosis, which is considered a unusual procedure and a new treatment proposal heretofore not performed in veterinary medicine. Two patients were treated, one with a history of hematuria and the other with incidental finding of the parasite in the abdominal cavity during elective ovariohysterectomy. Both dogs were subjected to abdominal ultrasound, which produced images indicating the presence of the parasite in the right side kidney, but with partial parenchymal preservation. The patients were therefore subjected to laparoscopic nephrotomy. The surgical procedure was effective in treating dioctophymosis and enabled minimum tissue invasion during surgery, in addition to preservation of the kidney.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35264495/