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| Demonstration of Quick-Spay Technique by Marvin Mackie, DVM |
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| 1. Preparation of two tomcats plus one black queen ready for surgery. |
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| 2. Setting equipment and positioning female cat in surgery. |
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| 3. Two males positioned in hands-free positioners. top |
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| 4. Instrument ligation of male cat testicle cord upon itself. top |
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| 5. Two table surgical room; female cat foreground and female dog with surgeon. top |
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| 6. Surgeon and surgically draped female dog patient ready for surgery. top |
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| 7. A two to three centimeters incision for abdominal entry. top |
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| 8. Retrieval of left uterine horn and ovary. top |
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| 9. Ligation of ovarian artery and vein after freeing and laying back the ovary and horn. Suture material is #32 gauge stainless steel. top |
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| 10. Retreival right side uterine horn. top |
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| 11. Showing the freed uterine complex. top |
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| 12. Cutting away the uterine complex after a singular stainless steel ligature is placed to ensure blood supply control. top |
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| 13. Closure of body wall with two stainless steel cruciate stitches. top |
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| 14. Closure of the skin with buried stitch. top |
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| 15. Completed female dog spay (OVH=ovariohysterectomy). Time required: eight minutes. Dog was awake and comfortable forty-five minutes following surgery. top |
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| 16. Preparing female cat for "spay" (ovariohysterectomy). She weaned her litter of kittens just a few weeks earlier. top |
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| 17. A 1 1/2 to 2 centimeter entry mid-abdomen between umbilicus and pubis. top |
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| 18. Using spay hook to retreive left uterine horn. top |
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| 19. Cutting away the ovary and horn before ligature placement with #34 gauge stainless steel to secure blood supply. top |
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| 20. Cutting away the right ovary and horn. top |
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| 21. Visualizing the uterine complex before stainless steel ligation. top |
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| 22. Removal of complex following ligature placement. top |
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| 23. Placement of a single #34 gauge stainless steel cruciate stitch to close abdominal entry. top |
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| 24. Placement of subdermal (buried) stitch to close skin. top |
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| 25. Application of a miniscule amount of surgical glue to seal. top |
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| 26. Surgeon and female cat immediately following cat spay. Time required: six minutes. Cat was awake and comfortable 30 minutes after surgery. top |
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