Proença Laila M, Divers Stephen J
VCA Animal Hospitals, 12401 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA.
Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, 2200 College Station Road, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract. 2015 Sep;18(3):555-70. doi: 10.1016/j.cvex.2015.05.004.
Elective sterilization is a safe and well-established surgical procedure performed in dogs and cats worldwide. Conversely, chelonian sterilization has been mostly performed therapeutically, because of the intricate anatomy and difficult access to the reproductive organs, and consequently, reproductive problems and diseases remain common. With the advance of veterinary endoscopy, novel techniques of soft tissue prefemoral coelioscopic and endoscope-assisted sterilization have been published, and preventative chelonian sterilization is now a reality. Nevertheless, extrapolations between species should be carefully considered, and further studies are warranted. This article summarizes and describes the current coelioscopic and coelioscope-assisted sterilization techniques for chelonia.
选择性绝育是一种在全球范围内的犬猫身上进行的安全且成熟的外科手术。相反，由于龟类的解剖结构复杂且生殖器官难以触及，龟类绝育大多是作为治疗手段进行的，因此，生殖问题和疾病仍然很常见。随着兽医内窥镜技术的进步，已经发表了软组织股前腔镜检查和内窥镜辅助绝育的新技术，预防性龟类绝育现在已成为现实。然而，不同物种之间的推断应谨慎考虑，还需要进一步研究。本文总结并描述了当前用于龟类的腔镜检查和腔镜辅助绝育技术。
