The incidence of mammary tumors in dogs is high, especially if ovary removal is not performed.
The incidence is higher with age. It is best to detect early surgery at an early stage, and it is necessary to do pathological examination of the removed tissue.
Anesthesia and restraint
Endotracheal intubation, inhalation anesthesia, or general anesthesia by conventional injection. Supine restraint.
The method of mastectomy depends on the condition of the animal and the diseased part of the udder and lymphatic flow.
Clinically, there are four methods of mastectomy:
(1) Single mastectomy:
Only one breast is removed. There are two methods to remove a breast, one is single mastectomy, which involves surgical incision of the skin, peeling of the subcutaneous tissue, removal of the diseased breast, and suture of the skin and subcutaneous tissue;
The second method is a single mastectomy, in which the breast and the skin covering the breast area are removed together.
(2) Regional mastectomy:
Resection of several diseased Breast or removal of the same lymphatic flow to the breast.
(3) One-sided mastectomy:
Resection of the entire one-sided breast chain is a very effective and feasible method for the treatment of breast tumors (.
(4) Resection of both breasts:
Removal of all breasts, limited to wide breasts and malignant tumors. Skin reconstruction is often required.
