Kinetic analysis of locomotion applied technique semitendinosus muscle transposition in repairing bilateral perineal hernia in dogs

Author(s)

Procássia Maria Lacerda Barbosa

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ/SBD)
• Defense date: 2010-08-02

Examining board members

Angelo João Stopiglia; Karla Patricia Cardoso Araujo; Denise Tabacchi Fantoni; Tilde Rodrigues Froes; Sheila Canevese Rahal

• Advisor: Angelo João Stopiglia

Abstract

A perineal hernia is a surgical lesion frequently observed in surgical clinic for small animals, affecting mainly dogs neutered over five years. Has a high recurrence rate and postoperative complications, and due to this fact, many techniques have been proposed and used for its correction. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the kinetic movement of dogs with bilateral perineal hernia, submitted to the technique of transposition of the semitendinosus muscle before and after its implementation and verify the adaptability of the pelvic limb surgery, after transposition of the semitendinosus 90 days of postoperatively and analyze the feasibility of this technique of repair in cases of bilateral perineal hernia. Eleven dogs were operated with diagnosis of bilateral perineal hernia, on the Surgery Service of the animal small of the Veterinary Hospital of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo (HOVET-FMVZ / USP). All patients underwent the technique of muscle transposition and evaluated baropodometric examinations before and after surgery, in periods of 30, 60 and 90 days postoperatively. The variables peak vertical force (PFV) and vertical impulse (VI) were used as parameters for the analysis of changes in locomotion. The PFV and IV showed no statistical difference (p> 0.05) between the operated and non operated limbs, respectively (18.62 &plusmn 4.93 and 18.51 &plusmn 3.75), indicating that there was no change in locomotion dogs after the transposition of the semitendinosus muscle. The difference in behavior of these variables in the preoperative period allowed us to infer that the discomfort caused by perineal hernia can interfere with the locomotion of the asymmetry animal generating, whereas after the operative procedure, the symmetry of locomotion showed more next values of the normal. The difference in PFV and IV, although not significant, gives us an idea of the recovery of these dogs and suggests that the transposition does not affect the motor function of the limb. (AU)