Possible complications following a spay/neuter surgery. 1. Pain after surgery (common for female cats; should improve within 3 days. Longer than 3 days requires medical attention) 2. Seromas . (Also called dead space; a large lump that forms at a surgical site and is fllled with watery inflammatory fluid.) Usually shrink and heal on their own. 3 Hernias. Hernias can be very small and inconsequential if only abdominal fat migrates into the space under the skin; or they can be large and life threatening, particularly if organs such as the bladder bowel or bladder find their way out of the hole and become strangulated. (Look for signs of significant pain, reslessness, crying, panting and licking/biting at the hernia site which may have become red or black in colour. seek immediate veterinary help!) 4.Abscesses. Similar to seromas but filled with thick cream-to=brown coloured pus and bacteria and are very painful. They will not usually shrink and dissolve without medical attention; seek help! Other problems include wound breakdown; wound infection, suture-site reactions or allergies; excessive wound hemorrhage (rare), failure to ligate the ovarian or uterine blood vessels adequately (rare), sprtic peritonitis (very rare); ureter laceration (extremely rare);post-operative renal failure (usually with older cats >8 years; but also possible withsome young ones too; symptoms can appear 24 - 72 hours after surgery and the cat will appear very sick; often vomiting and in some cases the vomit will contain blood; many other symptoms and immediate veterinary help is a MUST! Tracheal damage caused by over-inflation of ET (endotracheal) tubes. This is just scratching the surface but I hope all of us find the information a useful guide if we are lucky enough to be able to monitor post-operated cats.
Posted on: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 17:58:38 +0000
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