long lost rubber ball found in dog’s stomach. background… a 13 year old dog had a rubber ball in...
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Long lost rubber ball found in dog’s stomach
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Background…
A 13 year old dog had a rubber ball in his A 13 year old dog had a rubber ball in his stomach for 11 years! The dog drank a stomach for 11 years! The dog drank a barium solution that helped the vet find the barium solution that helped the vet find the ball in the stomach. ball in the stomach.
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The middle abdomen is incised
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The stomach is identified
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Stomach is isolated for surgery
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The foreign body is grasped through the stomach wall. The incision is made through the stomach wall and into the stomach cavity.
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The corroded foreign object is identified, grasped with forceps and removed from the stomach. There appeared to be no infection present
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The deep mucosal layer of the stomach is sutured with an inverting continuous suture. In this image half of the mucosal layer has been sutured.
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The outer muscular layer is sutured using simple interrupted sutures. The stomach is highly vascular and heals rapidly.
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Ball is removed
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Cross section of ball
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The incision is closed with buried sutures. The corroded rubber ball was 1 1/2 inched in diameter. The lining of the stomach actually appeared to be normal.