Enterectomia parcial de íleo secundária a hérnia inguinoescrotal em garanhão: relato de caso

Abstract

Inguinoscrotal hernias account for around 7% of cases of colic syndrome in stallions and are mainly associated with the passage of a segment of small intestine into the scrotum through the inguinal ring. The clinical signs resulting from inguinoscrotal hernias are signs of colic (acute pain of abdominal origin) and the degree of pain can vary from moderate to severe. Associated with intestinal injuries, there is testicular involvement, which is evidenced by the degree of pain upon palpation of the testicles, the decrease in local temperature and ultrasound findings. To make the diagnosis, it is essential to associate physical changes with ultrasound changes in the scrotal and abdominal region. Inguinoscrotal hernia in stallions is a surgical emergency, this is due to the vascular compromise that occurs in the herniated intestinal segment, which leads to a severe degree of hypoxia and organic dysfunction. of this segment. This results in the need to perform an enterectomy on the affected portion, which occurs via exploratory celiotomy. Associated with this procedure, orchiectomy and herniorrhaphy are performed as surgical treatment. The objective of this work is to report the case of a stallion undergoing exploratory celiotomy due to incarceration of the ileum resulting from an inguinoscrotal hernia. The animal was treated at the Vicente Borelli Veterinary Hospital - UNIFEOB, in São João da Boa Vista, where the orchiectomy, herniorrhaphy and subsequent partial enterectomy of the ileum and enteroanastomosis were performed.