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Bypass Surgery for the Treatment of Small Intestinal Ileus in the Horse A Report of Three Cases
Author(s) -
MacHARG MARGARET A.,
FOERNER JOSEPH J.,
PHILLIPS THOMAS N.,
BARCLAY WILLIAM P.
Publication year - 1988
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.1988.tb00270.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ileus , palpation , horse , surgery , anesthesia , intubation , weight loss , paleontology , biology , obesity
The medical management of three horses with simple and strangulating small intestinal obstructions was unsuccessful and was therefore supported by surgical bypasses. Jejunocecostomies were used to treat horses with postoperative paralytic ileus that was unresponsive to medical management. These horses had abdominal pain, gastric distention, heart rate elevations greater than 60/minute, and small intestinal distention on rectal palpation. Two horses experienced weight loss which responded to bypass removal. The bypass effectively decreased the need for intravenous fluid administration and repeated nasogastric intubation.