What you need to know about the cryptorchid patient
👋 Welcome to the Mentorship Program! We’re so glad you’re here!
This program is designed to help you grow your surgical skills and confidence, one step at a time.
Each month covers a new topic with a suggested schedule to guide you. This month’s topic is The Neuter Surgery and Current Trends with Spays/Neuters. There is a lot of discussion occurring these days on when a pet should be spayed or neutered, or if at all and what diseases may be prevented or potentially created with the surgery.
This month, we will take a deep dive into the literature on these trending topics so your information is based on evidence, not hearsay. We will also take an in-depth look at the orchiectomy procedure itself.
This surgery tends to be less stressful than the spay, but it is still important to have a good understanding of the regional anatomy, the procedure, and its variations.
We have created a viewing order and timeline for you, but feel free to move at your own pace. The first video in the menu is the longest one and is packed with valuable information, it’s an excellent starting point.
As you work through the material, please post any comments or questions below. We’re monitoring this space and will do our best to respond quickly.
This is a great opportunity to ask questions, review cases, and gain further clarification on the topics covered this month.
In the downloadable resources section at the top of the page, you’ll find a surgery log template. We strongly encourage you to use it, especially to track your spay surgeries. It’s a valuable teaching tool that helps reinforce learning and monitor progress.
Let’s get started!
Questions & Answers (1)
Hi Dr. Brock,
I was wondering if I could ask a question about a reply you had given last month to a colleague's question about a feline neuter anesthetic protocol for a cat with a heart murmur. You had mentioned at the end: "Listen carefully for upper respiratory noises such as gurgling both before and also in the half hour or so after extubation and treat with IM glycopyrrolate at 0.01mg/kg." I do sometimes hear this in feline patients after extubation during neuter procedures, (does not occur in patients we do IM sedation for other procedures and are not intubated). I was told or assumed it may be due to the lidocaine spray upon intubation and we tell clients this should resolve within 24-48h. Should I be treating this with glycopyrrolate and is the lidocaine spray the actual reason for this??
A question for Dr. Sylvestre also: I was just looking for the spay and neuter workshop to see if I could watch the cryptorchid videos, do we still have access to this?
Thank you very much,
Tina
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