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- Coxofemoral Disarticulation in Cats

- The cat will first be anesthetized and prepped for surgery. The hind leg will be shaved and cleaned, and analgesics will be administered intravenously.
- A sterile drape will be placed over the leg.
- The surgeon will first make the incision into the skin before ligating and severing the femoral artery and vein.
- The muscles located near the femoral artery and vein are then severed.
- The surgeon will continue severing vessels and muscles surrounding the femur until the sciatic nerve is visualized. This nerve is then severed.
- The femur and the muscles surrounding it are removed.
- The surgeon will then suture the remaining muscles surrounding the hip before suturing the skin incision.
- The cat will then be hospitalized for up to seven days.
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- Bruising at the incision site
- Postoperative infection
- Neuromas: Masses of tissue that form on the end of nerves following amputation
- Anesthetic death
