OMENTAL PEDICLE USED TO MANAGE A LARGE DORSAL WOUND IN A DOG

An eight-year-old miniature schnauzer was presented with full thicknes s skin necrosis over most of the back, probably caused by a chemical b urn. Management consisted of debridement, bandaging, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, topical application of tris-EDTA and oral administration of antimicrobials. A pedicle created from the greater omentum was used to fill the wound and provide a vascular bed for a full thickness meshed skin graft. Despite epidermal loss from the majority of the graft, th e wound healed with acceptable appearance and function. This is the fi rst clinical case described in the veterinary literature using an omen tal pedicle to prepare a free skin graft bed.