Post-Operative Bandaging Kit
Uses
- To protect abdominal wound (colic surgery, caesarean, umbilical hernia repair, ventral sarcoids) in early post-op.
- To prevent development of post-operative oedema.
- To decrease wound contamination.
- To support sutured abdominal wall when the horse lies down or gets up.
- To prevent foal from rubbing the mare’s wound when nursing.
- To decrease risk of abdominal wound infection.
- To allow easy and prompt bandage change with incisional wound infection.
- To manage conservatively incisional hernia.
- To manage conservatively non-strangulated umbilical hernia.
- To manage conservatively ventral body wall hernia or prepubic tendon rupture.
Advantages
Easy to apply, Stay still once applied, Easy to wash, Comfortable for adults and foals, Reusable many times, Reduces risk of oedema and wound infection, Reduces risk of wound dehiscence, Reduces cost associated with additional dressing necessary to cover & protect the wound.
Technical specifications
Abdominal wrap with a removable interior pocket which is washable and the mesh of which can be slit to replace absorbant drainage pad inside.
Replacements come in packets of 12 units.
The kit includes:
1 abdominal wrap, 2-4 dorsal straps (depending on the size of horse), 1 breast strap and 2 replacement interior pockets.
Sizes
| Foals | Horses | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| chest circumference | ||||
| Neonatal | 70-80 cm |  |
Small | |
| Medium-sized | 90-109 cm |  |
Medium | |
| Large | 110-130 cm |  |
Large | |
