Herniorrafia perineal em cães – revisão de literatura

Perineal hernia occurs more frequently in non-castrated male dogs aged over five years. Surgical techniques for pelvic diaphragm repair are varied, and can be employed alone or associated with others and include the standard suture technique, transposition of the internal obturator muscle, transposition of the superficial gluteal muscle, transposition of the semitendinosus muscle, repair with synthetic or biological implants, colopexy, and cistopexia. Associated postoperative complications are injury of the sciatic or pudendal nerve, fecal or urinary incontinence, rectal prolapse, infection, wound dehiscence, and hernia recurrence. Since it is a disease with high rates of complications and recurrences, we decided to conduct this review covering general aspects and the main treatment techniques of the disorder.