Bane Lynch

Bane is a three year old male neutered domestic shorthaired cat. He has been in the owner’s possession since he was eight weeks old and had no significant medical history leading up until the point of injury. On the 9th of January the owners found that Bane  could not weight bare on his hind limbs. Veterinary investigations discovered that he had dislocated his right but fortunately no fractures. Surgery was performed to put the hip back in position.  This produced a 10 cm wound down the from of the hip.  Bane was prescribed pain relief and antibiotics and was confined to cage rest for six weeks. Treatment commenced four days after surgery and consisted of daily sessions of phototherapy to improve wound healing.
On day one of treatment the wound was nicely closed along the length of the wound with skin sutures in place. Up until this point the wound had been covered by a plaster but this was removed to allow for treatment and better wound management. Bane was also still on antibiotics at this stage.
On day five Bane had managed to remove a stitch from the top end of the wound despite still wearing a buster collar and all other pets having been kept separate. This had left a small gaping hole of approximately 1cm width. Veterinary attention was sought but it was decided not to resuture this section and to allow it to close by itself. Bane had finished his course of antibiotics today so close monitoring of the open section was recommended.
On day nine a scab and granulation tissue had formed over the defect on the top end of the wound, with slight inflammation to the left side of the defect.
On day eleven the wound had closed for the whole length of the wound leaving just a small section of unhealed granulation tissue in the defect at the dorsal end of the wound.
On day fourteen the stitches had been removed. The full length of the wound had healed.