title: [The cause of complications of abdominal incision healing after cesarean section in cattle].
abstract: Based on a case analysis of patients with caesarean section (n = 252) performed at the Clinic for Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Cattle of the Veterinary School of Hannover, it was the aim of the following study to make a contribution to the aetiology of wound complications following caesarean section. Wound complications were classified as mild, moderate or severe according to the following criteria: mild: slight swelling in the area of the wound (wound edema or slight phlegmon), especially in the ventral corner; healing without therapy (n = 17 [6.7%]), moderate: seroma and moderate phlegmon; wound healing after conservative treatment with hyperemizing ointments (n = 16 [6.3%]), severe: secondary wound healing after lancing of the abscess, rinsing with acridine colour solution and hydrogen peroxide solution plus drainage with iodoform gauze (n = 23 [9.1%]). The following factors had a significant effect on the healing process: duration of parturition (18% and 37.7% wound complications in animal with normal and prolonged labor, respectively); macroscopic condition of the allantoic and/or amniotic fluid (19.7% and 47.8% wound complications in animals with normal and pathologic allantoic and/or amniotic fluid; respectively); degree of the exposure of the uterus outside the laparotomy wound (13.4% and 51.7% wound complications in cases with complete exposure of the uterus [i.e. complete exposure of the pregnant horn with one limb of the fetus, e.g. in anterior position, from hock joint to the claws] and incomplete or no exposure of the uterus, respectively).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Geburtshilfe und Gynäkologie des Rindes, Tierärztlichen Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seger
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grunert
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ahlers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D014945:Wound Healing
vernacular_title: Zur Entstehung einer gestörten Heilung der Bauch-wandwunde nach Schnittentbindung beim Rind.