Penile Prolapse in A Red Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Nisbet H. Ö., Yardımcı C., Özak A., ŞİRİN Y. S.

KAFKAS UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI, cilt.17, sa.1, ss.151-153, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 17 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Dergi Adı: KAFKAS UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.151-153
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Amputation, Penis prolapse, Phallus, Red eared slider, ANESTHESIA
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Male tortoises are occasionally presented with a prolapsed phallus (penis). The male chelonian has a single phallus, which protrudes from the floor of the proctodeum. Unlike the mammalian penis, the chelonian phallus is not involved in urination. The penis is retracted except during mating, trauma, or death; it lies in the ventral floor of the cloaca. A 5-year-old, male turtle constituted the study material. Clinically, extensive necrotic areas and, black and dark purple tissues in the phallus were observed. The usual treatment for a necrotic phallus in turtles is to perform surgery to completely remove the necrotic tissue. After the general anesthesia and analgesia, phallus amputation was achieved by placing transfixation sutures around the base of the phallus. Urination and defecation returned to normal within 24 hours after amputation and feeding was started at the second day. As a conclusion, amputation was emphasized as an effective method for treatment of necrotic phallus.