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A Surgical Approach To The Stomach Of A Dog
For some background on this thirteen year old Lhasa Apso patient that had a rubber ball in its stomach for over eleven years, take a look in the (X-Ray Department.) http://www.thepetcenter.com/xra/ball.html That's right! Eleven years! Finally, after the oral administration of Barium contrast material and a few radiographs, the evidence for a space occupying object in the stomach was evident. But was it there when previous x-rays were taken? See if you can visualize the rubber ball in the radiographs displayed, including one from three years ago.
This patient was dismissed from the animal hospital the day after the gastric foreign body was performed. The happy dog was wagging her tail and the doctor got a big kiss from the grateful owner! The owner recognized the sectioned ball as one the dog played with over ten years previously. The sectioned ball is shown below; it was 1 1/2 inches in diameter.
See the (x-rays) http://www.thepetcenter.com/xra/ball.html that were taken to determine that surgery was indicated on this patient.