Surgical Management of Oesophageal Foreign Body Obstruction in a Cat Philip M. Laiju, Assistant Professor, Adarsh A.M.*, Varghese S.M., Ph. D. Scholar Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Science University (KVASU), Mannuthy, Thrissur-680651, Kerala *Post Graduate Scholar and Corresponding author: E-mail: darlingadi7@gmail.com
Online published on 26 July, 2017. Abstract A Persian tom cat was presented with history of reluctance to take feed and occasional regurgitation since last two days. Gagging and coughing were elicited on palpation of upper third of neck region. Radiograph of lateral cervical region revealed presence of bone like opacity occluding the cervical oesophagus at level of C2 to C4 vertebrae. History confirmed consuming chicken two days back oesophagotomy was performed through ventral mid line incision on neck and obstruction was relieved by removing piece of chicken bone. The cat was supplemented with intravenous fluids, antibiotics and proton pump inhibitors, post-operatively for seven days. The tom cat recovered uneventfully. Top Keywords Cat, foreign body, oesophageal. Top |