![]() © 2016 British Small Animal Veterinary Association. Surgery is considered more likely to definitively treat the condition with good cosmetic results. This study describes the relative popularity and perceived success of treatments used for aural haematoma in the dog. Cosmetic results with medical management were excellent and with surgical treatment were good. Recurrent haematoma was treated more commonly with surgery (67%) than that of the initial presentation. The most common reason to select a particular treatment was previous success (76%). Surgical procedures included linear incision with sutures alone (35%) or sutures plus stents (24%) and an S-shaped incision with sutures (23%). On initial presentation, treatments included needle drainage with local deposition of corticosteroids (43%), surgery (29%) and needle drainage without corticosteroids (16%). The hematoma in itself is bad, but surgery is invasive and outright gruesome. The one common among the articles is the lack of a treatment to heal all the problems associated with surgery. Totally 312 email addresses were invalid, 259 questionnaires were completed (12♵% response rate) and 251 were included in analysis. I am a researcher and medical device provider for a non-surgical treatment for aural hematoma, the Auralsplint. Questions investigated treatment selection for initial and repeat presentations of aural haematoma in dogs and their opinion of treatment success to prevent recurrence and for good cosmesis. Totally 2386 emails were sent to veterinary surgeons and practices inviting them to complete an online survey. To survey the current treatment techniques of aural haematomas in dogs and investigate veterinary opinion regarding treatment success. ![]()
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