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Medical treatment may be a viable alternative for horses that cannot have surgery,provided persistent signs of severe pain or progressive gaseous distention ofthe small intestine are not features of the condition. Improvement ofcardiovascular status, reduction in signs of abdominal pain, decrease in distentionof loops of small intestine during repeated transrectal examination, softeningof the impaction, and decreases in amounts of gastric reflux were indicative ofa response to medical treatment.(Hanson Schumacher)
Medical treatment may be a viable alternative for horses that cannot have surgery,provided persistent signs of severe pain or progressive gaseous distention ofthe small intestine are not features of the condition. Improvement ofcardiovascular status, reduction in signs of abdominal pain, decrease in distentionof loops of small intestine during repeated transrectal examination, softeningof the impaction, and decreases in amounts of gastric reflux were indicative ofa response to medical treatment.(Hanson Schumacher)
Reflux is found in 50% of horses requiring surgical conrrection for ileal impaction(35,41)
==Complications==
==Complications==