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Castration postoperative assessment form

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Postoperative assessment

Please assess the amount of postoperative hemorrhage (bleeding).

- No postoperative bleeding occurred

- Minimal postoperative bleeding occurred (ceases within two hours)

- Minimal postoperative bleeding occurred (takes more than two hours to cease)

- Significant postoperative bleeding occurred (did not require additional medical measures)

- Additional medical measures were needed to control bleeding

Please assess the amount of postoperative pain.

- No pain

- Minimal vocalizing when moving or palpated (ceases within two hours)

- Minimal vocalizing when moving or palpated (takes more than two hours to cease)

- Significant vocalizing when moving or palpated (does not require intervention)

- Significant vocalizing when moving or palpated (requires additional pain intervention)

How much does the patient lick or chew at its incision site?

- No licking or chewing

- Minimal licking or chewing (ceases within two hours)

- Minimal licking or chewing (takes more than two hours to cease)

- Significant licking or chewing (no intervention needed)

- Significant licking or chewing (Elizabethan collar or some other intervention needed)

Please assess the amount of swelling two hours after surgery.

- No swelling

- Minimal swelling of the incision site only

- Minimal swelling of the scrotum

- Significant swelling of the scrotum (looks like the dog was not castrated)

- Significant swelling of the scrotum (the scrotum looks larger than before the dog was castrated)

Please assess the amount of swelling four hours after surgery.

- No swelling

- Minimal swelling of the incision site only

- Minimal swelling of the scrotum

- Significant swelling of the scrotum (looks like the dog was not castrated)

- Significant swelling of the scrotum (the scrotum looks larger than before the dog was castrated)

Please assess the amount of swelling six hours after surgery.

- No swelling

- Minimal swelling of the incision site only

- Minimal swelling of the scrotum

- Significant swelling of the scrotum (looks like the dog was not castrated)

- Significant swelling of the scrotum (the scrotum looks larger than before the dog was castrated)

Please assess the amount of swelling one day after surgery.

- No swelling

- Minimal swelling of the incision site only

- Minimal swelling of the scrotum

- Significant swelling of the scrotum (looks like the dog was not castrated)

- Significant swelling of the scrotum (the scrotum looks larger than before the dog was castrated)

Please assess the amount of swelling two days after surgery.

- No swelling

- Minimal swelling of the incision site only

- Minimal swelling of the scrotum

- Significant swelling of the scrotum (looks like the dog was not castrated)

- Significant swelling of the scrotum (the scrotum looks larger than before the dog was castrated)

Please assess the amount of swelling three days after surgery.

- No swelling

- Minimal swelling of the incision site only

- Minimal swelling of the scrotum

- Significant swelling of the scrotum (looks like the dog was not castrated)

- Significant swelling of the scrotum (the scrotum looks larger than before the dog was castrated)

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