Parafimose em cão: relato de caso

Abstract

Paraphimosis is defined as the inability of the penis to retract to the foreskin; multiple causes include: recent copula, trauma, neoplasms, foreign bodies, constriction of the penis by the hair of the prepuce. It is a disease with low frequency in dogs, few cases are described in the veterinary literature. The most indicated treatment when the conservative does not resolve is the surgical one, the technique of preputial advancement is recommended as treatment of paraphimosis in dogs since they have demonstrated satisfactory results. The objective of this work was to report a case of paraphimosis in a dog attended at the Hospital Universitário de Medicina Veterinária, UFRB. The congenital defect led to ulceration of the penile glans and the animal was submitted to two techniques of prepucioplasty, with satisfactory preliminary results, from the clinical point of view.