Displacement and resection of the ascending colon in the horse: a literature review on the basis of 2 cases
Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Oosterbaan, M.M.; van der Velden, M.A.
Tijdschrift Voor Diergeneeskunde 119(10): 288-292
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0040-7453 PMID: 8197585 Document Number: 427307
A review of displacements and surgery of the large colon is given on the basis of two cases. A four-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare was referred, one week before foaling, for colic of twelve hours duration. At rectal palpation a large uterus was found, but no cause for the colic. Laparotomy revealed a colonic volvulus and resection of about 75% of the large colon was necessary. A dead foal was born five days postoperatively, but the mare recovered well. A nine year-old Dutch Warmblood stallion with a history of frequent colic had been treated for nephrosplenic entrapment three times. Resection of the left part of the colon was performed successfully to prevent another entrapment.