Evaluación del dolor postoperatorio en felinos <b><i>felis catus</i></b> sometidos a dos abordajes quirúrgicos de orquiectomía utilizando la escala multidimensional unespbotucatu

Abstract

In the present research work on the evaluation of postoperative pain in felines subjected to two surgical approaches of orchiectomy and using the Unesp - Botucatu multidimensional scale where the behavior of the patient is observed and a value is given after surgery, 20 were taken at random. male felines, from the general cemetery located in the Machala canton, province of El Oro, in agreement with the Autonomous Decentralized Municipal Government of the Machala Canton. 10 animals were analyzed with the normal technique A orchiectomy and 10 with the technique B orchiectomy knot 8. During the sterilizations, the total time of each technique was taken, as well as the age and in the postoperative period, the level of inflammation, degree of pain through the UNESP - Botucatu scale. These data were obtained on days 1, 3 and 7 after surgery. The evaluation of the techniques in post-surgical observation is considered that the two do not have much difference in pain, risk and complications, until their recovery and healing to be able to return them to their habitat where they were captured. Pain is one of the protection mechanisms adopted by the organism, fulfilling the function it indicates to the nervous system that some part of the animal organism is something wrong, knowing that the physiological mechanisms of pain transmission are shared between humans and animals with the only difference in the cognitive-evaluative phase. According to the IASP, pain is defined as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue injury. In animals, the painful experience is based on the mechanisms of transduction, transmission, modulation and perception of harmful stimuli, since it is considered a vital sign and is of great importance in animal welfare and in professional ethics in exercise of the veterinary doctor. Pain is not something easy to deal with, since several nerve pathways are affected and it affects different systems of the body, therefore it seeks to avoid suffering by applying multimodal analgesia techniques and performing less invasive and intense surgical procedures. The use of drugs for the use of anesthesia must be meticulous since they produce adverse effects, this being a limitation that does not allow the intensity of the pain experienced by the animal to be quantified. The UNESP-Botucatu multidimensional scale, developed by the Paulista State University, Botucatu, Brazil, is widely used for the evaluation of post-surgical pain in felines through the following considerations: psychomotor alteration, protection of the painful area and vocal expression of pain and variables physiological measures that measure the intensity of pain experienced. Sterilization is of great importance in your pet since it is one of the processes that benefits health and general well-being, avoiding overpopulation where many animals are abandoned, suffer catastrophic diseases where methods such as euthanasia must be taken, sacrifice due to lack of resources They are also treated very cruelly, abused by individuals full of negativity.