Hérnia diafragmática em pequenos animais: casuística do Hospital Veterinário da Universidade Federal de Campina Grande entre os anos de 2008 e 2013 e relato de caso.

Abstract

Diaphragmatic hernia or also known as pleuroperitoneal hernia occurs when the interruption of continuity of the diaphragm occurs, thereby the organs located in the abdominal cavity migrate to the chest cavity. The most common form of diaphragmatic hernia that occurs in dogs and cats is the traumatic form, whose trauma's cause, in majority, is the automobile accident. For the diaphragmatic hernia, since it is about anatomical changes, the recommended treatment is surgical, including suture on the diaphragm. Although an uncommon occurrence of morbidity, it is endowed of high mortality rates, usually due to be associated with multiple lesions in other organs. Faced with increased casuistry of traumatic diaphragmatic hernias in small animals, it was aimed to conduct a survey from 2008 to 2013 on such occurrences in the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Campina Grande (HV), in Patos - PB; Whose study revealed the occurrence of 10 diaphragmatic hernia cases, being nine animals from feline specie and one from canine specie, with the purpose of outlining the clinical reality of this regarding its condition; besides classifying, quantifying and indicating the types of diaphragmatic hernias and their respective treatments. It was reported the case of a feline with 5 months of age and having congenital diaphragmatic hernia, which entered at the HV at the clinic of small animals.