Vol. 11, Special Issue 9 (2022)

Author(s):
Nadia Mildred Dsouza, Aneesh Viegas, N Gurunathan and N Arul Jothi

Abstract:
A 3-year-old female domestic short hair cat weighing 3.2 kg was presented to the hospital with dyspnoea and lethargy. On radiographic examination, cranial displacement of stomach axis, difficulty in visualizing the liver, and loss of diaphragmatic line was observed. Surgical herniorrhaphy was carried out via a ventral midline coeliotomy approach to the diaphragm by using propofol 8 mg/kg IV and isoflurane anesthesia without any complication. The diaphragm was repaired with simple interrupted sutures using PDS (size 2-0). After repairing the hernia, thoracocentesis were carried out with a three-waycannula placed through the diaphragm and the air within the thorax was aspirated with an injector to achieve negative pressure. Analgesia was provided with 0.1 mg/kg, IV, meloxicam postoperatively for 3 days. On 10^th day post-surgery, almost all the clinical signs and radiographs including diaphragmatic line and liver appeared normal. Theanimal made an uneventful recovery.