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Successful derotation of a splenic torsion in a racing greyhound
Author(s) -
Goldsmid S. E.,
Davis P.,
Pechman R.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1994.tb02552.x
Subject(s) - medicine , spleen , surgery , torsion (gastropod)
A two‐year‐old male racing greyhound was presented to the Sydney University Veterinary Hospital with a six‐week history of intermittent gastric dilatation. Abdominal radiography and ultrasonography were suggestive of splenic torsion without gastric dilatation. Exploratory ceoliotomy confirmed a 540° clockwise rotation of the spleen. Derotation of the spleen was performed and thrombosis was not present in the splenic vessels. Epinephrine was injected into the splenic parenchyma to aid in splenic contraction. The spleen was left in situ. The greyhound made an uneventful recovery and has won several races in the 10‐month follow‐up period without further problems.