Surgical Case Report on

Amputation of tail
Submitted By Submitted To
Professor Dr. Nasrin Sultana Lucky
ID: 1801001 Dept of Surgery and
ID: 1801006 Theriogenology
ID: 1801009 Faculty of Veterinary, Animal and
ID: 1801013 Biomedical Sciences
ID: 1801015 Sylhet Agricultural University,
ID: 1801021 Sylhet
Case Report

01 02 03
Owner’s Details Description of the Owners’s Cpmplains
Patient

04 05 06
History Clinical Findings Collection of Sample
Case Report

07 08 09
Laboratory Findings Definitive Daignosis Name of Veterinarian

10 11 12
Treatment Surgical Procedure Post Operative Care
 1. Owner’s Details

Name
Name Phone
Phone Address

Md. Abdur Rashid 01716095837 35/B, East Phirmoholla,

Sylhet.
2. Description of the Patients

Name
Species Phone
Breed Sex

Canine Cross Breed Male

Age Tag No Weight

Four Month Not Applicable Seven

Description of the Patients

Date of
Name Phone Date of
Pregnancy
estrus parturation

Not Not Not Applicable

Applicable Applicable

Milk Yield Duration of

Illness

Not Applicable
15 Days
 3.Owner’s Complains

01 Pain and swelling of the tail region

02 Breakdown of tail skin

03 Coolness of certain area of tail and

04 High Fever
 4.History
Oct 02, Born without any abnormality
2022

Jan 25, Reddening of tail

2023
Name: Chaku
Age: 4 Month
Feb 05,
Blackening of tail
2023
5.Clinical Findings

Temparature Respiration
104.5° F 25/minute

Body Condition
Pulse Score
120/min

5
Clinical Findings

Rumen
Movement
Not Applicable

Rectal Palpation

Not Applicable
 8.Diagnosis

Tail Gangrene
9.Name of Veterinarian

Professor Dr. Nasrin Sultana Lucky

Treatment

Rx

1. Inj. Combipen 40 Lac-10 ml×2

Sig: Inject 2 ml I/M ly once daily for 10 days
2. Inj. Melvet-10 ml×2
Sig: Inject 2 ml I/M once daily for 10 days
3. Inj.Dellergen-10 ml×1
Sig: Inject 1 ml I/M ly once daily for 10 days
4. Sol. 1% Viodin -100ml×1
Sig: Wash the exposed area twice Daily until recovery

Nasrin Sultana Lucky

Sign
 SURGICAL RISK NOTE

Place of the operation: PMAC Veterinary Teaching Hospital

Sylhet Agricultural University
Tilagor, Sylhet-3100

I Md. Abdur Rashid, S/O Abdur Rahman resident of 35/B, East Phirmoholla, Sylhet, hereby declare that this dog belongs to
me and that all the complications and the risk involved in anaesthesia /surgery have been explained to me. I, therefore,
willingly give my consent for the operation to be performed and will not hold the doctor/ authorities of PMAC Veterinary
Teaching Hospital, Sylhet Agricultural University, Tilagor, Sylhet-3100, responsible for any mischief.

Dated: 14 February, 2023

Abdur Rashid
Signature of owner
Address: 35/B, East Phirmoholla, Sylhet
Preparation of Doctor

 Put on the cap and mask

 The hand of the surgeon and his assistant should
be washed very well with soap and water,
scrubbing with a brush
 The skin should be scrubbed about ten times and
nails twenty times while cleaning
 Rinse with water and then with a suitable non
irritant antiseptic lotion like savlon
 The hand is then held lifted a little with elbow
half flexed
 Then open the sterile pack and pick up the hand
towel to dry the hands
 Put on the gown and gloves
 Preparation of
Operation Site

The hair of tail should be clipped and shaved, then

01 the area is washed with plenty of soap and water
scrubbing with a brush

After that dry with a towel and wash the area with a
02 fat solvent to remove grease from the skin, repeat
washing with soap and water

Dry with ethyl alcohol. Apply an effective antiseptic like

03 tincture iodine and then washed of with alcohol.
 Anaesthesia

Premedication anesthesia: Balanced anesthesia:

Atropine sulfate Xylazine HCl
Dose:0.04mg/ kg body weight Dose:1.1mg/kg body weight

General anesthesia:
Ketamin Hydrochloride
Dose:11mg/kg body weight
 Anatomy

01 Skin
Review of Systems
Fascia: Superficial and deep
The tail is the most posterior or caudal 02 caudal fascia
terminal appendage of the vertebral
column on a dog. Muscles:
It extends beyond the trunk or main part of 03  Sacro-coccygeus dorsalis medialis
the body.The tail is located at the end of  Sacro-coccygeus dorsalis lateralis
the vertebral column. It is the hind-most
 Intertransversarii caudae
part of the backbone.
 Sacrococcygeus ventralis lateralis

 Sacro-coccygeus ventralis medialis

Vertebrae: 20-23 coccygeal
04 vertebrae
Surgical Techniques
"V" shaped skin incisions are made on the dorsal and
01 ventral surfaces of the tail to raise two triangular
flaps of skin

The bases of flaps should be corresponded to the

02 intervertebral space through which the disarticulation
is to be affected

03 Cut through the intervertebral space

Hemorrhage during the operation is controlled by a

tourniquet which is released subsequently, and the bleeding
04
points are ligatured

The skin flaps are sutured by a series of simple interrupted

05
sutures or mattress sutures
 Post Operative
Care
• After the operation keep the animal in a comfortable position.
Never in dorsal recumbency,
• The tongue should be placed out due to avoid breathing
difficulties, if the animal has not completely recovered from
general anaesthesia
• If the weather is cold preserve the body temperature by covering
the body
• While recovering from anaesthesia, most animals struggling and
if this is severe a tranquilizer may be administered, if necessary
• Check the temperature, pulse, respiration etc periodically
• Change the position of the Animal every 30 minutes to avoid
hypostatic congestion
Nasrin Sultana Lucky
References

● Veterinary Anaesthesia By L W HALL, K W

CLARKE, C M TRIM [10th Edition]
● Veterinary Anaesthesia & Analgesia By LUMB &
JONES [4th Edition ] AUTHOR (YEAR). Title of
the publication. Publisher
● Essentials of Veterinary Surgery By A.
Venugopalan [8th Edition]
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