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Post anaesthetic oesophageal stricture formation in three cats
Author(s) -
Galatos A. D.,
Rallis T.,
Raptopoulos D.
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.tb03849.x
Subject(s) - medicine , xylazine , endoscopy , endoscope , atropine , ketamine , radiography , medical therapy , cats , surgery , radiology , anesthesia
Three cases of distal oesophageal stricture which developed after ovariohysterectomy, carried out under atropine‐xylazine‐ketamine anaesthesia in the cat are reviewed. Diagnosis was based upon medical history, clinical signs and contrast radiography and confirmed by endoscopy. Dilatation was successfully attempted in one case by advancing the endoscope through the stricture. The multifactorial pathogenesis of the condition and the diagnostic and therapeutic methods applied are discussed.