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Canine Castration Quiz

Chapter 8: Table of Contents

1) When preparing a male dog for a castration, you should clip the hair in the pre-scrotal region and on the scrotum. 

  • True 
  • False

2) Canine castration is performed through what type of incision? 

  • Ventral midline caudal to the umbilicus. 
  • Ventral midline in the pre-scrotal region. 
  • Parapreputial 
  • Scrotal

3) The “open” castration technique involves 

  • Leaving the incision unsutured to allow for drainage. 
  • Transecting the cremaster muscle to further exteriorize the testes. 
  • Incising the tunica albuginea to visualize the seminiferous tubules. 
  • Incising the vaginal tunic to visualize the spermatic cord and testicular vessels.

4)The tunica vaginalis must be sutured to prevent scrotal herniation post-operatively. 

  • True 
  • False

5) When closing a canine castration, there will be 3 edges of subcutaneous tissue that need to be apposed since there were 2 incisions made in the subcutaneous tissue in order to exteriorize the testes. 

  • True 
  • False

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