Oophorectomy in Cats* 



By Q. E. Corwin, Jr., D. V. S., Canaan, Conn. 



I perform oophorectomy (feline) , often and my 

 experience has been that it is successful if a cer- 

 tain technic be followed. 



My technic is as follows: Place the cat on a 

 slanted table with its head lowered; suspend by 

 the hind legs; anesthetize with ether; shave and 

 disinfect for the flank incision, either side. 



When making the incision, first make it through 

 the skin only, at a point anterior or posterior to 

 the incision to be made in the muscle and perito- 

 neum, then draw the skin incision to the point to 

 be incised in the muscle. 



Pick up, with the sterile little finger, the fallo- 

 pian tubes, which can readily be located without 

 the use of the probe. 



•Reprinted from the American Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 

 December, 1911. 



