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Pyloric obstruction in a dog related to a gastrotomy incision closed with polypropylene
Author(s) -
Bright R. M.,
Jenkins C.,
DeNovo R. C.
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.tb03843.x
Subject(s) - pyloroplasty , medicine , vomiting , surgery , fibrous joint , asymptomatic , vagotomy
A five‐year‐old male, West Highland terrier was treated for a gastrointestinal foreign body via a gastrotomy incision and enterotomies. The dog was asymptomatic for several months but was eventually re‐presented because of vomiting. Endoscopic and surgical evaluation confirmed a large mass within the pyloric canal that probably resulted from a reaction to the polypropylene suture material used to close the original gastrotomy incision. The mass was excised via a Y‐U pyloroplasty incision and the dog has been free of vomiting for over a year.