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CANINE AND FELINE SURGERY 



Prog-nosis and Sequelae. 



The sequelae of the operative treatment of hernia are as 

 a rule satisfactory, provided the displaced organs have not 

 become strangulated. The chief mishaps likely to occur 

 afterwards are : (i) Violent removal of the sutures by the 

 patient, and subsequent descent of the bowel or other organ. 

 (2) Hsemorrhage either at the time of operating or afterwards. 

 All arteries and veins should be ligatured during the progress 

 of the operation. Two of the author's most promising patients 



Fig. 155. — Curved Hernia Needles ( IViacPI wen's) for suturing the 

 Inguinal Ring. 



(inguinal cases) slowly bled to death within three days after 

 the operation, from uncontrollable haemorrhage due to injury 

 to some veins at the time of operating. (3) Peritonitis, 

 which can only be avoided by absolutely following out the 

 principles and details of aseptic surgery. 



These statements are based upon the notes made upon 

 forty-four consecutive cases, ^ of which twenty-five were 

 inguinal, ten umbilical, two abdominal, two scrotal, and five 

 perineal. 



1 Veterinarian^ March, 1896 ; Journal of Comparative Pathology and 

 Therapeutics, vol. viii., p. 151, vol. x., p. 170 ; Veterinary Record, vol. x., 

 p. 282. 



