Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Horse with rectal prolapse - treatment options and outcomes
By Turner, T A & Fessler, J F·Published in Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association·1980·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Rectal prolapse in the horse.
- Species:
- horse
Plain-English summary
At Purdue University, eleven horses were treated for a condition called rectal prolapse, where part of the rectum pushes out of the body. For nine of these horses, the problem was fixed using a surgical method called submucosal resection, which removes some tissue to help the rectum stay in place. In four of those cases, a slightly different technique was used that also brought the inner lining of the rectum back together. After checking in on eight of the horses over a period of four months to six years, none of them had the rectal prolapse come back. Overall, the treatment was successful.
Abstract
Eleven horses with rectal prolapses were examined at Purdue University. Nine of the 11 prolapses were corrected by submucosal resection. Four of those were treated by a modified submucosal resection that apposes mucosa as well as submucosa. Follow-up of 8 cases, at intervals ranging from 4 months to 6 years, established that rectal prolapse did not recur following the resection.
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