Al-Qadisiyah Journal of Veterinary Medicine Sciences
Official Journal of the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Al-Qadisiyah

Efficacy of Cat-fish Acellular Dermal Matrices in Repairing of The Induced Ventro-lateral Hernias in Bucks

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Fatima Amer Mohammad
Areeg Kamel Mahdi Al-Ebadi

Departments of Veterinary Surgery and Obstetrics, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.

https://doi.org/10.29079/qjvms.2023.183451
Abstract
The study was aimed to evaluate the efficacy of cat fish acellular dermal matrices in reconstruction of induced ventro-lateral hernias in bucks. Twenty-four bucks were enrolled for this purpose and divided into two equal groups. All bucks were subjected to surgical induced 7 cm diameter ventro-lateral hernia in the right lower flank under sedation and local anesthesia. After one month from creation of hernia, hernioplasty was performed in G1 by (on-lay) fenestrated cat-fish acellular dermal matrices (ADMs) and in G2 by (on-lay) non-fenestrated cat-fish ADMs technique. The defects were secured with No.1 polypropylene suture. The skin and subcutaneous tissue were re-approximated with silk suture No.1 by interrupted horizontal mattress suture. To evaluate the efficacy of hernioplasty, clinical follow-up was performed weekly for 12 weeks, and a strips (7 cm length and 2 cm width) from reconstructed site were collected at 4, 8 and 12 weeks post-hernioplasty for determination of tensile strength.Clinically the hernias in in both groups were disappeared, few complications were noticed represented by seroma in three animals (n=3) (all responded to treatment) and hernia recurrence in one animal (n=1). There was significant decrement in tensile strength at the 4th week in both groups, and then the tensile strength increased gradually with time starting from (8th-12th week). Tensiometric evaluation declared, significant (p≤0.05) differences between two groups in all periods of study, and the tensile strength of G2 is better than that of G1. The study revealed that catfish ADMs serve as a good hernioplastic patch, having good tensile strength and accelerate the repair of hernias in bucks. The tensile strength of G2 is better than that of G1 and this exceed the normal values of tensile strength of the abdominal muscles up to 50%.

Keywords

Ventral hernia
Fish acellular dermal matrices
Tensile strength
Buck
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