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Abdominal CT scans match surgery results in dogs with surgical disease
By Sevy, Julia J et al.·Published in Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association·2024·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Abdominal computed tomography and exploratory laparotomy have high agreement in dogs with surgical disease.
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Plain-English summary
A group of 100 dogs underwent an abdominal CT scan before having surgery to investigate abdominal issues. The results showed that the CT scans were highly accurate, agreeing with the surgical findings 97% of the time. This means that if a dog has an abdominal problem, a CT scan can be a reliable tool to help the veterinarian decide on the best surgical approach. In many cases, the surgeon can use the CT results to determine if a smaller incision is possible, which can lead to quicker recovery for the dog.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To compare the results of abdominal CT with exploratory laparotomy in the dog. ANIMALS: 100 client-owned dogs from 1 academic institution. METHODS: Medical records were searched for dogs that had undergone a preoperative abdominal CT scan read by a board-certified veterinary radiologist followed by an exploratory laparotomy. CT and surgical reports were compared. RESULTS: The overall agreement between abdominal CT scan and exploratory laparotomy in all cases was 97%. Overall, there was no evidence that proportion agreement differed on the basis of body condition score, time interval between CT and surgery, or oncologic versus nononcologic disease. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Abdominal CT scan read by a board-certified diplomate is a sensitive presurgical diagnostic tool for surgical abdominal disease in the dog. When performing a specific abdominal surgery, it is acceptable for the surgeon to fully explore the abdomen or forego it for a smaller approach to the organ of interest if an abdominal CT was performed prior.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37944254/