Anal sac oil expressed by Dr Daniel
Channel: Dr David Sing
Date: 19/02/2015

The dog was sedated. Dr Daniel had had expressed the anal sac oil digitally. 

I noted that there would be haematoma and advised drainage of the blood and pus under the swelling. However there is a difference in medical opinion from Dr Daniel. Two ventral incisions were done on each swelling. Blood and probably infected subcutaneous fluid and pus leaked out continuously. The wounds were stitched up some 10 minutes later.  

It is best practice to drain swellings if the anal sac abscess has had spread subcutaneously to the lower anal area, in my opinion. Each vet or doctor will have his own differing medical opinion and that is expected as no two vets handle a case in the same way all the time. 

Another video on Day 4 showed the swellings to be reduced by around 30%. This could be anal sacculitis rather than circum-anal tumour but we need another 2 weeks to confirm.