A clinical study was undertaken to record, analyze and treat some congenital malformations in ruminants and equines during the period from January 2007 to May 2011 at the faculty of veterinary medicine Benha University. A total of 49 cases of congenital malformations including: bulldog calf, cleft lip and absence of nasal plane ,exophthalmos, microphthalmos, conjunctival dermoid, dermoid cyst, branchial cysts, wattle cyst, arthrogryposis, aplasia of the forelimb (anomelia) , ectopic extra-digits, , contracted tendons, urethral dilatation, urethra-rectal fistula, atresia ani , atresia ani et recti , cysto-rectal fistula and recto-vaginal fistula were recoded. Surgical correction was attempted for most of these affections. The surgical treatment of cysto-rectal and recto-vaginal fistulae was taken into account in this study. The animals suffered from recto-vaginal fistula were divided into two groups, for evaluation of two techniques (the transection-suturing technique and the isolation-ligation technique) for treatment of this affection. Results revealed that; the mean surgical time in the isolation -ligation technique was shorter than the transection-suturing technique. Bleeding was minimal during the isolation-ligation technique than the transection-suturing technique as well as the surgical costs. Recurrence and opening of the fistula was absent in the isolation-ligation technique, while in transection–suturing technique, 3 animals of the cases treated with this technique recurrence with opened fistula associated with many various complications. It could be concluded that isolation-ligation technique was superior to transection-suturing technique, and satisfactory for treatment of the recto-vaginal and Cysto-rectal fistula. It was minimally invasive, simple easier, less time consuming, without recorded complications and without recurrence |
