Laparoscopic repositioning of chronic gastric volvulus in a dog
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Laparoscopic repositioning of chronic gastric volvulus in a dog | |
| Creator | van Heerden, Frans G. Hartman, Marthinus J. McClure, Vanessa Kirberger, Robert M. | |
| Description | A 12-year-old spayed Newfoundland bitch was presented with chronic non-productive vomiting, regurgitation and coughing of six weeks’ duration. On clinical examination, the dog was depressed with no other significant findings. Haematology and biochemistry investigations detected no abnormalities. Thoracic and abdominal radiographs revealed a megaoesophagus and an abnormally positioned pylorus. A thoracic and abdominal computed tomography scan confirmed the abnormal position of the stomach, together with moderate aspiration pneumonia. Laparoscopic examination of the peritoneal cavity revealed the greater omentum wrapped over the stomach, with a fold visualised between the abnormally positioned pyloric antrum and the gastric corpus. A 180-degree clockwise gastric rotation was laparoscopically diagnosed and corrected. The normal position of the stomach was confirmed before a laparoscopic-assisted incisional gastropexy was performed. Post-operatively the vomiting and regurgitation resolved and the patient was discharged. Twenty-four hours after discharge, the dog was presented with deteriorating clinical signs of aspiration pneumonia. The owner declined treatment, additional diagnostics as well as a necropsy and requested euthanasia. Chronic gastric volvulus should be considered as a rare differential diagnosis in dogs with non-specific, chronic gastrointestinal signs. Radiography, computed tomography and laparoscopy are valuable diagnostic aids in making this diagnosis. Chronic gastric volvulus can be successfully reduced laparoscopically as reported here for the first time. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2018-11-06 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/jsava.v89i0.1713 | |
| Source | Journal of the South African Veterinary Association; Vol 89 (2018); 5 pages 2224-9435 1019-9128 | |
| Language | eng | |
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