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Conservative Versus Surgical Management of Gastrointestinal Linear Foreign Bodies in the Cat
Author(s) -
BASHER ANTHONY W. P.,
FOWLER J. DAVID
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
veterinary surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1532-950X
pISSN - 0161-3499
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-950x.1987.tb00925.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cats , presentation (obstetrics) , conservative treatment , conservative management , foreign bodies , surgery , incidence (geometry) , radiography , abdominal pain , physics , optics
Twenty‐four cases of gastrointestinal linear foreign bodies (LFB) in cats were reviewed. Nine cats were successfully managed conservatively, with passage of the LFB occurring 1 to 3 days after presentation. Ten cats that were initially managed conservatively were subsequently treated surgically. The decision to operate was based on worsening of clinical signs and failure to pass the LFB. Five cats were initially treated surgically. The cats that were managed successfully via conservative treatment had a shorter duration of clinical signs before presentation, decreased incidence of abdominal pain and palpable intestinal plication, and less severe hematologic abnormalities. Radiographic signs were of little benefit in deciding whether to treat the cats conservatively or surgically. None of the cats died.