Author/Editor		Kadunc-Kos, Vesna
Title		Treatment of scrotal hernia in foals
Translated title		Zdravljenje prirojene modnikove kile pri žrebetu
Type		članek
Source		Slov Vet Res
Vol. and No.		Letnik 41, št. 1
Publication year		2004
Volume		str. 47-51
Language		eng
Abstract		Scrotal hernias in foals are usually congenital and not lite threatening, whereas in adult stallions they are life threatening and require surgery. The treatment of hernias in newborn colts is normally conservative and surgical treatment is rarely indicated. Congenital indirect scrotal hernias are more common in foals than direct scrotal hernias. This paper is a review of the clinical signs and treatment of three foals with indirect scrotal hernias. A two-day-old foal had strangury and mild colic and a two-month-old trotter foal was surgically treated to correct a large non-reducible scrotal hernia. A three-day-old trotter foal had a reducible indirect scrotal hernia and colic, which was due to impacted meconium. There were no complications or hernial recurrences within the four months directly following the surgical procedures. The surgical treatment of congenital hernias is indicated when colic, incarceration of the intestinal loops, strangury or inguinal, scrotal or preputial oedema occur or when the hernia is so large that manual repositioning is impossible.
Summary		Modnikove kile so pri novorojenih žrebčkih pogosto prirojene in redko ogrožajo življenje, medtem ko so pri odraslih žrebcih pridobljene in življenje ogrožajoče. Večinoma so pri novorojenih žrebčkih prirojene kile ozdravljive konzervativno, le redko je potrebno kirurško zdravljenje. Pogostejše so posredne kot neposredne prirojene kile. Članek opisuje klinično sliko in zdravljenje treh žrebčkov s posredno modnikovo kilo. Dva dni star hladnokrvni žrebček je kazal znake strangurije in blage kolike. Dva meseca star kasaškl žrebček je bil kirurško zdravljen zaradi obsežne nereponibilne posredne kile. Tri dni star kasaški žrebček je kazal znake kolike zaradi zapeke (obstipacije mekonija), hkrati pa je imel reponibilno posredno kilo. Ob kontroli 4 mesece po operaciji ni bilo komplikacij ali ponovne kile. Kirurško zdravljenje prirojenih kil je potrebno, kadar se pojavijo količne bolečine, vkleščenje vijug, težko uriniranje, oteklina v področju dimeljskega kanala, moda ali prepucija ali kadar je izpad črevesja tako obsežen, da ročna naravnava ni možna, kljub temu da žrebček nima znakov kolike.
Descriptors		HERNIA, INGUINAL HORSES