any literature on canine orchidopexy ?

Re: any literature on canine orchidopexy ?

jose targa — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:51:55 GMT

Hi, hope it helps.

In human men, the technique consists in 2 different aproaches, one in the original ubication to destroy the adherences and another one in the scrotum. A large forceps is passed from the scrotum to the inguinal site. The testicle is then sutured with a non absorvable suture (the external albuginea is sutured, i mean). Don´t know the results in dogs, but my cousin is urologist and told me about this years ago.

Regards

Re: any literature on canine orchidopexy ?

Stephen Courtney — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 09:46:54 GMT

Not to the benefit of the animal, and there has been a huge outcry in the UK against people breeding and showing animals with defects. If the pup did well in shows, I am pretty sure the no-breeding promise would be forgotten pretty smartly.

However this procedure is done all the time in humans, and those little boys are not prevented from having kids when they grow up...so if you feel you want to do the procedure, look in the human literature.

You could also try a course of HCG (Human chorionic gonadotrophin) injections , anecdotally this can help a sluggish gonad to descend, though the experts say it doesn't work. I tried this once, at the behest of a breeder friend - they can be hard to resist - and it worked, but perhaps the testicle would have come down anyway, who knows?

Re: any literature on canine orchidopexy ?

Mark Holmes — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 08:27:24 GMT

Simple... Tell him no.