Keyhole Surgery Procedure For Painfree Sterilization Of Stray Dogs

New Delhi: A new procedure known as keyhole surgery is initiated to offer painless sterilization of stray dogs in New Delhi. The Municipal corporations will start this laparoscopic surgery procedure this year onward. This keyhole surgery requires minimal incision and the dogs can be released from hospitals within a few hours without feeling any pain.

Keyhole surgery in stray dogs

Traditionally, a sterilization procedure require around 15 stitches and almost 7 days of hospitalization for a dog. In this new keyhole surgery, the procedure is laparoscopic and requires only two small incisions to get the sterilization done.

North Corporation mayor Sanjeev Nayyar, who is spearheading the laparoscopic action plan, said, “A team of officials from the north civic body recently went to Mumbai, Hisar (Haryana) and Pantnagar (Uttrakhand) to study the feasibility of the laparoscopic surgery. I want to get people rid of dogs menace. We will start laparoscopic surgery in 2016 only.”

Another team of North Corporation officials will go to Ludhiana next week to explore the effectiveness of the technology.

“At present, this surgery is being performed successfully in several parts of the world,” Nayyar said.

Laparoscopic surgery

Usually, laparoscopic surgeries are quite expensive as it requires more expertise and investment in technology. The surgery is done by inserting a camera through the small incision. Only doctors with proper training can perform this surgery. However, in this method of sterilization, the post-operative care is almost negligible unlike the conventional one.

“It causes very minimal health issues and is almost bloodless as compared to the conventional surgery,” said an expert with the South Delhi Corporation.

A veterinary doctor working with the East Corporation said that despite over 500 to 1000 open sterilization surgeries every month, stray dog menace continues in Delhi.

“The sterilization done by NGOs appointed by the three corporations is slow as compared to the breeding of canines,” said a veterinary official.

Stray dogs are one of the biggest threats Delhites face, with a large section succumbing to rabies. More than 80,000 cases of dog bites are reported every year in the city, according to an unofficial estimate.

Source: The Times Of India

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