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An 11-year-old, 7.5 kg, castrated male Pomeranian was referred for recurrent bilateral perineal hernia, bladder retroflexion, and persistent urinary dysfunction after multiple perineal and abdominal surgeries. A previous attempt at abdominal bladder reduction and cystopexy had failed because adhesions prevented adequate mobilization of the bladder. During salvage surgery, bilateral perineal adhesiolysis was performed first to release the displaced urinary tract structures, followed by an abdominal approach to restore the bladder to its normal intra-abdominal position. Modified bilateral vas deferens pexy was then performed by fixing the residual vasa deferentia to the rectal wall, and each side of the pelvic diaphragm was reconstructed according to the available tissues and defect configuration. Retrograde urethrocystography performed 8 days postoperatively demonstrated short-term anatomical correction, with restoration of the normal positions of the bladder, bladder neck, and urethra. Urinary function gradually improved but had not completely normalized by 150 days. Without further objective imaging, long-term mechanical stability and prevention of recurrence could not be established. This case describes a multimodal salvage strategy for recurrent bilateral perineal hernia with markedly altered anatomy after repeated surgery.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/vetsci13090969","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,16]],"date-time":"2026-09-16T10:09:17Z","timestamp":1789553357000},"page":"969","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Salvage Surgery Including Rectal Wall Vas Deferens Pexy for Recurrent Bilateral Perineal Hernia with Bladder Retroflexion in a Dog: A Case Report"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Junyeong","family":"Park","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Neungdongro 120, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jaewon","family":"Do","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Neungdongro 120, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-8472-7723","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Changmin","family":"Park","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Neungdongro 120, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-9074-3819","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Seohyeon","family":"Yoon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Medical Imaging, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5032-5311","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ki-Dong","family":"Eom","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Medical Imaging, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6237-9958","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hwi-Yool","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Neungdongro 120, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"315","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1748-5827.1973.tb06466.x","article-title":"Perineal hernia in the dog","volume":"14","author":"Burrows","year":"1973","journal-title":"J. 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