Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Use of laparoscopic equipment to divide abdominal adhesions in a filly.
- Journal:
- Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
- Year:
- 1998
- Authors:
- Bouré, L et al.
- Affiliation:
- Dé · Canada
- Species:
- horse
Plain-English summary
A Standardbred filly was experiencing mild abdominal pain for a week, so veterinarians performed a minimally invasive procedure called laparoscopy to look inside her abdomen. They found that she had an infection in her abdominal cavity, some scar tissue (adhesions) near her right ovary, and a blockage in part of her intestine. During the procedure, the vets carefully stretched or cut the adhesions to relieve the blockage. After surgery, she was given antibiotics for three weeks, and she made a full recovery, even returning to racing about 11 months later.
Abstract
Exploratory laparoscopy of the right dorsal portion of the abdominal cavity was performed on a Standardbred filly because of signs of mild abdominal pain of 7 days' duration. On the basis of clinical examination, diagnosis was suppurative peritonitis, abdominal adhesions in the area of the right ovary, and right displacement and impaction of the pelvic flexure of the ascending colon. During laparoscopy, an abdominal adhesion between the right uterine horn, the cecum, and the pelvic flexure was identified. The abdominal adhesions were either stretched with laparoscopic forceps used as a probe or dissected bluntly with the tips of a pair of 10-mm laparoscopic Kelly forceps. Antibiotics were administered for 21 days after surgery. The horse fully recovered and raced 11 months after the surgery.
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