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Your triage nurse alerts you that a three-year-old, male Coonhound (40 kg) with a few hours’ history of non-productive retching and pacing has entered the hospital. Primary survey reveals poor perfusion, rapid and irregular heart rate, and a tympanic, distended cranial abdomen. A lateral radiograph reveals gastric dilatation and volvulus.
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What are the pros and cons of the following surgical procedures for preventing gastric volvulus from recurring:
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Circumcostal gastropexy.
Antral incisional gastropexy.
Tube gastropexy.
Midline abdominal closure gastropexy.
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What vessels are most commonly torn during a gastric dilatation/volvulus episode, and where are these located? | Short gastric arteries and left epiploic artery along the greater curvature of the fundus. |
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What surgical findings would indicate that a splenectomy is required? |
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