Partial Phallectomy Technique, AAEP 2008

Although it’s a painful option to consider (especially for the males in the profession), for some horse health problems the best treatment is partial phallectomy, or amputation of part of the penis. Such conditions might include penile injury, chronic paraphimosis (inability to retract the penis into the sheath), neoplasia (tumors), and stenosis (narrowing) of the urethra
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Although it's a painful option to consider (especially for the males in the profession), for some horse health problems the best treatment is partial phallectomy, or amputation of part of the penis. Such conditions might include penile injury, chronic paraphimosis (inability to retract the penis into the sheath), neoplasia (tumors), and stenosis (narrowing) of the urethra that compromises the horse's ability to urinate.

At the 2008 American Association of Equine Practitioners convention, held Dec. 6-10 in San Diego, Calif., Carolyn Arnold, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, clinical assistant professor of veterinary medicine at Texas A&M University, discussed eight horses (four geldings/four stallions) that underwent a modified Vinsot's technique for partial phallectomy. She reported success with the standing band tourniquet/amputation procedure in all horses, with minor complications (urine scalding) in only two cases. The bands fall off after three to four weeks, leaving dime-sized wounds that heal quickly, Arnold reported.

Six horses only required local anesthesia for the procedure, and two required additional sedation. Stallions were castrated after the phallectomy procedure. Following the procedure, the horses underwent 24 hours of stall rest followed by 30 days of small paddock turnout (geldings) or 30 days with 20 minutes of forced exercise twice a day (recently castrated stallions)

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Christy West has a BS in Equine Science from the University of Kentucky, and an MS in Agricultural Journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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