Laparoscopic spay
In my mind, one of the benefits of spaying is reducing if not eliminating the chance of pyometria, yet I'm concerned following the laparoscopic route may not address this benefit. The research I've done seems to suggest that removing the ovaries elimnates the hormonal issue which seems to be the predominant trigger of pyometria, so the lap spay will reduce the chance of pyometria. I'm wondering if anyone on this forum has any experience or knowledge of research which can confirm or refute this? Thanks for your help!  |
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| Bailey had her spay done with a laser, she was ready to come home 2 hours after surgery and she recovered very well after getting home. I can't help you with the laparoscopic spay thing, since I'm not too sure what that is, but the laser spay wasn't bad at all. |
| I have no personal experience with this, as all of our dogs have been male, but I did find some onfo in a thread on goldenretreiverforum.com that compares laparoscopic spay to laser spays, but covers your issue as well. Looks like there is also info on drjaffe.com too. As you said in your assessment above, most reproductive cancers in females are due to hormones, so if you take the ovaries before the first heat cycle, and hence the estrogen, you decrease the risk to almost zero, even while leaving the uterus. The doctor mentioned in the above forum does the lap surgery and normally takes only the ovaries, but will take the uterus if he sees any abnormalities at the time of the surgery or if the female has been through a heat cycle. It sounds as your doctor could also remove the uterus via laparoscopy. Hope this helps. Laurie |
| This may or may not help; I had MY spay (okay, so my doc calls it a hysterectomy) laparoscopically. I'm thrilled to hear that the same technology being used for people is finally being used for our pets! |
| Thanks everyone! Your comments helped. I'm going to schedule the lap spay for my girl. |
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