title: THE USE OF THE LIGASURE™ DEVICE FOR SCROTAL ABLATION IN MARSUPIALS.
abstract: Five sugar gliders ( Petaurus breviceps ), ranging in age from 3 mo to 3.5 yr of age, and one opossum ( Didelphis virginianus ), age 4.5 mo, presented for elective orchiectomy and scrotal ablation. The LigaSure™ device was safely used for orchiectomy and scrotal ablation in both species. Surgical time with the LigaSure was approximately 4 sec. No grooming of the incision site or self-mutilation was seen in the first 72 hr postoperatively. One sugar glider required postoperative wound care approximately 10 days postoperatively following incision-site grooming by a conspecific. The LigaSure provides a rapid, technologically simple and safe surgical technique for scrotal ablation and orchiectomy in the marsupial patient that minimizes surgical, anesthetic, and recovery times.
authors.forename: Lara
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cusack
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cutler
authors.forename: Joerg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mayer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D008394:Marsupialia; D009919:Orchiectomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D012611:Scrotum / Q000601:surgery
keywords: LigaSure™; opossum; orchiectomy; scrotal ablation; sugar glider