Enxerto cutâneo autógeno em asininos.

Abstract

In order to assess the viability of autogenous skin grafts donkeys, were used 5 adults females asses (Equus asininus), mixed breed, healthy, all kept in a collective paddock in Veterinary Hospital on Federal University of Campina Grande, Campus Patos. In each animal, two lesions were produced. In the region lesion of the dorsal-lateral right hemithorax (Treatment Group) was grafted a fragment of skin with full thickness mesh obtained from the dorsolateral region of the left hemithorax of the same animal, the wound in the left hemithorax generated regarded as the control group and treated by second intention, washed daily with treated water and chlorhexidine digluconate and spray applied to the wound healing. The dressing change of both groups was performed by the 9th postoperative day, every 48 hours from the 10th day the exchange was performed every day until the 45th day, with the closing of wounds. Were performed macroscopic analysis of the wounds until the 9th postoperative day, every 48 hours, collections and histopathological (biopsy) and microbiological (swabs) in the wound bed at 7, 14 and 21 days after surgery. There were few significant variations in the comparative study between treatments, concluding that the autogenous skin grafting in donkeys is not a choice for treatment of wounds in this species.