Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Incarceration of the large colon in the gastrosplenic ligament of a horse.
- Journal:
- Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
- Year:
- 1993
- Authors:
- Trostle, S S & Markel, M D
- Affiliation:
- Department of Surgical Sciences
- Species:
- horse
Plain-English summary
A horse had a problem where a part of its large intestine was stuck in a ligament near the spleen. This caused signs similar to other issues with the large intestine that don’t involve strangulation. The veterinarians figured out what was wrong by looking inside the horse's abdomen during surgery. They found that the spleen was pushed to one side and the large intestine was in an unusual position. They were able to fix the problem by making an opening in the intestine to clean it out before putting it back where it belongs. The treatment was successful in correcting the issue.
Abstract
Incarceration of the large colon through a rent in the gastrosplenic ligament of a horse was surgically corrected via ventral midline celiotomy. Clinical signs were similar to those in other horses with nonstrangulating large colon disorders. Diagnosis of large colon incarceration in the gastrosplenic ligament was determined by surgical abdominal exploration. The findings of medial deviation of the spleen, location of the large colon lateral to the stomach and caudolateral to the spleen, and caudocraniad passage of the large colon through the gastrosplenic ligament are similar to findings in horses with small intestinal incarcerations in the gastrosplenic ligament. Correction was facilitated by performing a pelvic flexure colotomy and evacuating colonic contents prior to returning the large colon through the rent to its normal anatomic position.
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