Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Jejunal perforation due to porcupine quill ingestion in a horse.
- Journal:
- The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne
- Year:
- 2014
- Authors:
- Anderson, Stacy L et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences (Anderson) and Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (Bracamonte) · Canada
- Species:
- horse
Plain-English summary
An 8-month-old female Andalusian horse had to undergo surgery because she had holes in her intestine from swallowing a porcupine quill. The veterinarians performed a procedure to remove the damaged sections of her intestine and then stitched it back together. After two years, she experienced some mild complications, including a small bulge at the surgery site due to an infection and occasional stomach pain. Overall, while she had some issues after the surgery, she was treated and managed for those complications.
Abstract
An 8-month-old Andalusian filly was treated for jejunal perforations due to ingestion of a porcupine quill. During exploratory laparotomy, 2 separate stapled side-to-side jejunojejunal resection and anastomoses were performed. Post-operative complications after 2 years follow-up included mild incisional herniation following incisional infection and chronic intermittent colic.
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