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Endoscopy (not diagnostic for impaction and difficult to assess gastric distension)
Endoscopy (not diagnostic for impaction and difficult to assess gastric distension)
Rads may help, will show diaphragm displaced cranially
Rads may help, will show diaphragm displaced cranially
However, the diagnosis of stomach impaction is usually made at surgery on horses that have had uncontrollable colic or poor response to medicaltherapy. However, endoscopy will reveal gastric impaction, and may provide information on the specific nature of the impaction. Although this would nottypically be performed on an acute colic case, it would be indicated in a horse with chronic colic. (Bliks)
==Treatment==
==Treatment==