Rompun: Epidural administration enables treatment of the standing animal.
Epidural anaesthesia in cattle
The advantage of epidural administration is that it enables the veterinarian to carry out surgery on the standing animal:
- in the perineal region, e.g. vulval, vaginal, rectal laceration, uterine prolapse
- on the udder and teats
- in the abdominal region, e.g. caesarean section, rumenotomy, displacement of the abomasum.
Unlike local anaesthetics such as lidocaine, Rompun only blocks sensitive nerve fibres and does not suppress motor conduction.
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Epidural anaesthesia with Rompun
thus allows the veterinarian to perform surgery on the standing
animal.
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Insert the syringe up to the
bone at the base of the vertebral canal. Then withdraw by 0.5 cm
before injecting the solution.
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Following local disinfection,
insert a 60/15 syringe sagitally (tilted forwards) at a 45° angle.
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Surgical repair of a teat lesion.
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Dose: the total dose of Rompun is made up to 5 ml with 0.9% sodium chloride solution (which acts as a vehicle and promotes flow). Rompun is injected into the sacrococcygeal space between S5 (last sacral vertebra) and C1 (first coccygeal vertebra): high epidural anaesthesia.
After epidural administration the onset of analgesic action varies according to anatomical region.
The anaesthetised regions are shown in the picture below.
- Analgesia lasts for approximately 2 hours.
