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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1 March 2017
THE USE OF THE LIGASURE™ DEVICE FOR SCROTAL ABLATION IN MARSUPIALS
Lara Cusack,
Daniel Cutler,
Joerg Mayer
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LigaSure™
opossum
orchiectomy
scrotal ablation
sugar glider