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Gastric motility changes in dogs after laparoscopic gastropexy
By Coleman, K A et al.·Published in Australian veterinary journal·2019·Department of Clinical Sciences, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Evaluation of gastric motility in nine dogs before and after prophylactic laparoscopic gastropexy: a pilot study.
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Plain-English summary
A group of nine healthy large-breed dogs underwent a laparoscopic gastropexy, a preventive surgery to help avoid stomach twisting, and researchers checked how this affected their stomach movement. They measured things like how often the stomach contracted and how quickly food moved through it before and after the surgery. The results showed that the surgery did not change the stomach's ability to move food along, meaning it didn’t cause any issues with stomach function. All dogs maintained normal gastric motility after the procedure.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of a prophylactic laparoscopic gastropexy on gastric motility in healthy large-breed dogs. METHODS: This was a prospective pilot study with nine healthy client-owned dogs. Each dog was its own control. Gastric motility was evaluated before and after laparoscopic gastropexy. Dogs were fed a standard diet three weeks before and after surgery. Gastric motility was measured before and 3 weeks after surgery. A wireless motility capsule (WMC) was used to measure gastric pH, intragastric pressure, temperature, frequency of contractions, motility index (MI) and transit time. Non-parametric statistical analysis was used to compare the paired data. Clients were contacted for follow-up information 2 years postoperatively. RESULTS: Median frequency of gastric contractions was 1.3 (range, 0.6-1.9 contractions/min) before gastropexy and 1.0 (range, 0.3-2.6 contractions/min) after gastropexy (P = 0.820). Median MI was 49.2 (range, 23.7-96.6) before gastropexy and 28.1 (range, 12.2-148.9) after gastropexy (P = 0.652). Median gastric emptying time was 1140 (range, 486-1230 min) before gastropexy and 1110 (range, 306-2610 min) after gastropexy (P = 0.570). During the hour before the WMC passed through the pylorus, median MI was 72.2 (range, 48.2-549.3) before gastropexy and 52.9 (range, 15.20-322.8) after gastropexy (P = 0.734), and frequency of contractions was 1.1 (range, 0.9-4.1 contractions/min) before gastropexy and 1.2 (range, 0.5-3.0 contractions/min) after gastropexy (P = 0.652). CONCLUSION: Motility in the stomach did not change in healthy dogs after prophylactic laparoscopic gastropexy. We conclude that preventive laparoscopic gastropexy does not induce gastroparesis.
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