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==Treatment==
==Treatment==
The suspected cause (ie.Oesphagitis)should be corrected first.
Oral feedings should be withdrawn in patients with severe stricture or oesophagitis. An oesophagostomy tube may be placed in these cases to provide nutritional support.
Medical therapies:
*oral sucralfate suspension
*Oral sucralfate
*gastric acid secretory inhibitors (e.g. ranitidine, omeprazole) can be useful in cases of gastro-oesophageal reflux
*Gastric acid secretory inhibitors (cimetidine, ranitidine, omeprazole)
*broad spectrum antibiotics in animals with sever oesophagitis or aspiration pneumonia
*Anti-inflammatory doses of corticosteroids (prednisolone) to prevent fibrosis and re-stricture.
*analgesics
Surgical therapies:
*Dilation/widening of the stricture by ballooning or bougienage.
*Surgical resection is not recommended because iatrogenic strictures at the anastomotic site are possible.
==Prognosis==
==Prognosis==
The shorter the length of oesophagus involved and the quicker the corrective procedure is performed the better the prognosis.
Animals with large, mature strictures and those with continued oesophagitis have a guarded prognosis. Long term gastrostomy tubes may be required in some cases.
==References==
==References==