Laparoscopic-assisted incisional colopexy by two portals access in a domestic cat with recurrent rectal prolapse

J Feline Med Surg. 2012 Feb;14(2):169-70. doi: 10.1177/1098612X11429230.

Abstract

A 2-year-old female mixed-breed cat weighing 2.7 kg presented with recurrent rectal prolapse. The following report describes its treatment by laparoscopic-assisted incisional colopexy using two portals. The procedure was effective and without trans- or postoperative complications. Recurrent prolapses did not recur in the 2 months of postoperative observation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cat Diseases / pathology
  • Cat Diseases / surgery*
  • Cats
  • Colon / surgery*
  • Female
  • Laparoscopy / veterinary*
  • Rectal Prolapse / surgery
  • Rectal Prolapse / veterinary*
  • Recurrence