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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/utility/feedstylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Episioplasty</title><link>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/26455/episioplasty</link><description> Does anyone have experience of/tips for this surgery - patient is a chubby FN pug with recurrent UTIs and very recessed vulva. Is it something a (fairly surgically confident) GP could do? </description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 10</generator><item><title>RE: Episioplasty</title><link>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/188864?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2017 22:31:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:99561177-09a6-4d25-929f-f490b6c21185</guid><dc:creator>Beats</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnd0PnCm4Z8"&gt;www.youtube.com/watch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;what I do. make sure you and the dog are sitting comfortably.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Pavletic&amp;#39;s Reconstructive surgery text has the best description and pictures in my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;EDIT: oh and I cut the smaller inside arc first so any dripping blood doesn&amp;#39;t get in the way of my bigger arc and use my scissors on the skin, not just a scalpel, especially at &amp;quot;corners&amp;quot; of cut at bottom&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Episioplasty</title><link>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/188862?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2017 21:25:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:1c9f3155-e59e-4d24-afbc-455b5ed09135</guid><dc:creator>Lindsey Edwards</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Very straightforward surgery but can bleed and obscure site (I don&amp;#39;t have diathermy); prepare a wide area, approximate and mark margins before cutting and be conservative initially, place tacking sutures are revise as necessary until position relatively normal - allow for some contraction /scarring as edges heal&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Episioplasty</title><link>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/188861?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2017 21:18:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:28ea393c-5f5d-40c5-afd3-cbecd00f10bd</guid><dc:creator>grumpyoldman</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;yes you can , Fossum is the best text , either a horse shoe or reverse horse shoe ,just don&amp;#39;t over evert the vulval lips too much . Make sure they know it needs to diet as well. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>