Comparative study on laparoscopic assisted ovariectomy with single, double and triple port laparoscopic techniques in dogs

The present study was conducted on 18 healthy female dogs randomly and equally assigned into three groups, i.e. group A, B and C. Animals of group A underwent single port laparoscopic assisted ovariectomy using modified glove port technique, while double and triple port laparoscopic techniques were performed in groups B and C, respectively. Physiological and haematobiochemical parameters were recorded in all the animals. Total surgical time for glove port technique was significantly longer (57.17±1.97 min) than double port (31.83±2.02 min) and triple port technique (31.17±1.62 min). Intraoperative complications included mesovarial bleeding (n=2) and postoperative complications recorded were evisceration (n=1), wound dehiscence (n=3) and seroma formation (n=2). No complications required conversion to open celiotomy in any animal. Results suggested that all the three techniques of laparoscopic assisted ovariectomy were effective and feasible with no major complications. Single port technique using modified glove port was cost effective as it did not require commercial SILS port; however, double and triple port laparoscopic assisted ovariectomy proved to be better as they were easy to perform and required less surgical time than glove port technique.