DOI: 10.1002/vrc2.70532 ISSN: 2052-6121

Delayed intestinal impaction following functional end‐to‐end stapled jejunal anastomosis in a dog

Claudia Nadal, Amanda Elouise Helen Paul

Abstract

A 4‐year‐old, spayed, female Cocker Spaniel presented with a chronic history of intermittent prayer positioning and had a firm, painful mass‐like structure in the abdomen. The dog had historically undergone a functional end‐to‐end stapled anastomosis. The dog was diagnosed with an impaction of digesta at the previous anastomosis site and was treated successfully with a further jejunal resection and sutured end‐to‐end anastomosis.

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