Bypass surgery for the treatment of small intestinal ileus in the horse: a report of three cases

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 hors...

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Published inVeterinary surgery Vol. 17; no. 1; p. 15
Main Authors MacHarg, M.A, Foerner, J.J, Phillips, T.N, Barclay, W.P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.01.1988
Subjects
Animals
CABALLOS
Cecum - surgery
CHEVAL
ENFERMEDADES INTESTINALES
Female
Horse Diseases - surgery
HORSES
INTESTIN
INTESTINAL DISEASES
Intestinal Obstruction - surgery
Intestinal Obstruction - veterinary
INTESTINES
INTESTINOS
jejunocecostomy
Jejunoileal Bypass - veterinary
Jejunum - surgery
MALADIE INTESTINALE
Male
TERAPIA
THERAPEUTIQUE
THERAPY
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Summary: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.
Bibliography:L74
882675888
ISSN:0161-3499
1532-950X
DOI:10.1111/j.1532-950X.1988.tb00270.x