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Septic peritonitis secondary to a perforating gastric foreign body in an Irish Sport Horse gelding
Author(s) -
Jeawon S. S.,
O'Leary J. M.,
Johnson J. P.,
Hoey S. E.,
Duggan V. E.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
equine veterinary education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 2042-3292
pISSN - 0957-7734
DOI - 10.1111/eve.12865
Subject(s) - medicine , peritonitis , horse , pylorus , surgery , foreign body , general surgery , abdominal pain , stomach , paleontology , biology
Summary A 17‐year‐old Irish Sport Horse gelding was referred to the University College Dublin Veterinary Hospital for low‐grade colic that had been nonresponsive to medical treatment. Diagnostic investigation revealed a marked septic peritonitis. The inciting cause was detected by gastroscopy to be a perforating foreign body in the pylorus of the stomach from a briar of a blackthorn plant ( Prunus spinosa spp .). Successful removal of the foreign body was achieved surgically via gastrotomy. The horse subsequently developed a multi‐drug resistant abdominal incision site infection, which was successfully managed over a 2‐month period. Abdominal incisional herniation occurred thereafter. Six months post‐operatively, the horse was back in light work and no further adverse sequelae had been noted.

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