Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Surgery of the
Alimentary
Tract
- GDV (Gastric Dilation Volvulus Syndrome)
- Clinical signs: restlessness, distended
abdomen, depression, salivation, retching,
flank watching, collapse, tachycardia, pale
MMs + increased CRT
- Deep chested breeds: GSD,
Pointers, Greyhounds. Normally
fed + then exercised
- Gastropexy
- Decompress stomach
with tube/trocarize
with 16-18G needle
- Surgery:
decompress
stomach, return it
to normal position,
evaluate organs
- Splenectomy may be indicated
- Complications: peritonitis,
seromas, gut ileus, wound
dehiscence, vomiting,
wound infection
- Close monitoring - guarded prognosis!
- IV fluids
until eating
well, gradual
introduction
of food
(bland) on
vets
discretion.
- Prevent: never
exercise after food,
feed from height, feed
twice daily
- Foreign Bodies
- Clinical signs: vomiting,
anorexia, dehydration,
abdominal discomfort
- Radiography,
contrast media,
palpation
- Ex-Lap,
Gastrotomy,
Enterotomy,
Enterectomy
- Followed by abdominal lavage
- Use of omentum
- Anastomosis
- Post-op care: IV fluids until eating well, small
bland meals, observation for V+D, monitor for
signs of peritonitis, gradual intro of normal diet
- Linear FBs
- Intussusception
- Invagination of one part of
the intestine into the other
- Causes: Enteritis,
intestinal parasites,
FBs, neoplasia,
previous surgery
- CSs: Vomiting, diarrhoea,
dehydration, abdominal
pain, tenesmus
- Surgery: milking, if
not then anastomis
and enteroplication
to preven future
reoccurances
- Post-op care:
as for FBs