Complications and outcomes following rectal pull-through surgery in dogs with rectal masses: 74 cases (2000–2013)

Abstract

Dogs with rectal diseases that underwent RPT surgery had a high incidence of complications; however, those dogs had good local tumor control and survival times. The risk and impact of postsurgical complications on the quality of life and oncological outcomes should be discussed with owners before RPT surgery is performed in dogs with rectal masses.