Use of cyanoacrylate in skin closure for ovariohysterectomy in a population control programme

• Published in: Journal of feline medicine and surgery Vol. 7; no. 2; pp. 71 - 75
• Main Authors: Faria, Maria Carolina Ferreira, de Almeida, Flavya Mendes, Serrão, Maria Lúcia, de Oliveira Almeida, Núbia Karla, Labarthe, Norma
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2005; SAGE Publications
• Subjects: Animals; Cats; Enbucrilate; Female; Hysterectomy - adverse effects; Hysterectomy - methods; Hysterectomy - veterinary; Nylons; ovariectomy; Ovariectomy - adverse effects; Ovariectomy - methods; Ovariectomy - veterinary; population control; Population Control - methods; sutures; Sutures - veterinary; Time Factors; Wound Healing

N-butyl-cyanoacrylate tissue adhesive was evaluated as a skin closure material in a population control programme. Fifty-two female cats underwent ovariohysterectomy: skin closure of 25 of those cats was undertaken with nylon (3-0) and in 27 with the adhesive. Twenty-three cats spent the postoperativ...