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1 March 2017 THE USE OF THE LIGASURE™ DEVICE FOR SCROTAL ABLATION IN MARSUPIALS
Lara Cusack, Daniel Cutler, Joerg Mayer
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Abstract

Five sugar gliders (Petaurus breviceps), ranging in age from 3 mo to 3.5 yr of age, and one opossum (Didelphis virginianus), age 4.5 mo, presented for elective orchiectomy and scrotal ablation. The LigaSure™ device was safely used for orchiectomy and scrotal ablation in both species. Surgical time with the LigaSure was approximately 4 sec. No grooming of the incision site or self-mutilation was seen in the first 72 hr postoperatively. One sugar glider required postoperative wound care approximately 10 days postoperatively following incision-site grooming by a conspecific. The LigaSure provides a rapid, technologically simple and safe surgical technique for scrotal ablation and orchiectomy in the marsupial patient that minimizes surgical, anesthetic, and recovery times.

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Lara Cusack, Daniel Cutler, and Joerg Mayer "THE USE OF THE LIGASURE™ DEVICE FOR SCROTAL ABLATION IN MARSUPIALS," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 48(1), 228-231, (1 March 2017). https://doi.org/10.1638/2016-0069.1
Received: 21 March 2016; Published: 1 March 2017
KEYWORDS
LigaSure™
opossum
orchiectomy
scrotal ablation
sugar glider
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