Banca de DEFESA: THOMÁS SOUZA E SILVA

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STUDENT : THOMÁS SOUZA E SILVA
DATE: 24/02/2023
TIME: 08:30
LOCAL: Remoto-Video conferência google meet
TITLE:

Use of topical antiseptic solutions in the healing process of post-surgical skin wounds in dogs (canis lupus familiaris)

KEY WORDS:

Surgery, infection, skin, antimicrobial resistance.

PAGES: 67
BIG AREA: Ciências Agrárias
AREA: Medicina Veterinária
SUBÁREA: Clínica e Cirurgia Animal
SPECIALTY: Clínica Cirúrgica Animal
SUMMARY:

Wounds in the skin tissue have different origins, the main causes being surgery and high-energy trauma. From this perspective, skin lesions caused by surgeries deserve special attention, because in the world, several establishments and institutions in the area of veterinary medicine perform thousands of surgical interventions per day. Consequently, during the healing process of the wound, intercurrences may occur, among which infections stand out, which lead to an extension in the healing time of the lesion and can evolve into systemic forms. The objective of this research was to verify the efficiency of topical antiseptic solutions in the absence of antibiotic therapy as a way to combat post-surgical infection in dogs undergoing elective surgeries. The animals that participated in the research were adults, with an average age of 2.7 years, in addition to being in a healthy state of health, and the wounds were from elective surgeries, orchiectomies and ovariohysterectomies. In addition, medications of the antibiotic class were not administered in the perioperative period, to assess the efficiency of the topical antiseptic solution in isolation. For the execution of the research, four groups were defined with different antiseptic topical solutions, group 1 was composed of dogs submitted to the application of the 0.1% polyhexanide solution; group 2 consisted of animals submitted to the application of 0.05% chlorhexidine digluconate solution; group 3 consisted of animals submitted to the use of 0.1% povidone-iodine solution; the control group consisted of animals subjected to the use of sterile 0.9% sodium chloride solution. The animals were evaluated on days 1, 5 and 10 after surgery. The evaluation of tissue healing in all groups was performed through macroscopic analysis, comparing aspects of continuity solutions on the proposed days. The presence of systemic infection was verified by hematological examinations, performed 5 days after the surgical procedures. As a result, there were no significant differences in the macroscopic parameters of the wounds or presence of infection between all groups, both for males and females. Therefore, the use of antiseptic topical solutions is unnecessary for wounds arising from short-term clean elective surgeries in male and female dogs. However, dressing with a topical solution to keep the wound environment moist accelerates tissue healing, with humidity being a more relevant factor compared to the antiseptic activity of the topical solution in elective procedures.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - JOAQUIM EVENCIO NETO
Interna - GRAZIELLE ANAHY DE SOUSA ALEIXO CAVALCANTI
Externa à Instituição - MARIA CRISTINA DE OLIVEIRA CARDOSO COELHO