From:
"Susan Liszewski DVM"
Date: 2008-03-03 14:34:15 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Seromas
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
HI Sukie,
In my experience seromas usu occur in areas on animals that have what
we call dead space, more room under the skin in that area between the
body wall and the skin. This leaves an ample area for fluid to
form. I usu see it if I don't close or attempt to close down wide
areas better. I have never done this in ferrets since I haven't
needed too. They are common in procedures where you remove a large
mass and have excess skin, I remove some of the excess skin to help
healing. I don't think there is an increased likelihood with an
individual animal but more with an individual surgery. Hope that
helps. Just my experience.
Dr. Sue
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Sukie Crandall" <sukie@...>
wrote:
>
> Since i asked about seromas and if having had them before
> would mean an individual is more likely to have them again,
> I figured I'd tell you the little I have learned, but know that
> almost all of it is from humans.
>
> They tend to occur quite a bit with breast surgery or abdominal
> surgery and are due to leakage from blood vessels that were
> damaged as a normal part of the surgery.
>
> In humans they usually happen about 7 to days after surgery;
> in Whizbang I think it was a bit more on the early side.
>
> In humans they tend to occur more often after breast surgery
> or abdominal liposuction; some types of absorbable netting
> needed for major abdominal surgery might increase the rate
> but is considered a reasonable trade-off when there is
> abdominal infection or feces in the cavity due to injury.
>
> Usually the fluid is just withdrawn by needle until the body is
> able to reabsorb it.
>
> I did not find any studies on seroma and albinos to see if
> they are any more inclined to develop them.
>
> Given the locations are they more common near the ancestral nipple
> line, or is it just that nearby are common places to cut? The
nipple
> line begins in the arm pits and curves over through where we
> humans usually have nipples, then extends down the abdomen in
> a line on each side of the center (the line along which ferrets
have
> nipples). Those are the locations where nipples can occur, and
often
> also more sweat glands, depending on the species. Of course,
> mammary glands may have arisen as modified sweat glands.
>
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
mailto:ferrethealth-digest@yahoogroups.com
mailto:ferrethealth-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
ferrethealth-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/