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Free jejunal segment for treatment of cervical esophageal stricture in a dog
C R Gregory1, I M Gourley, D S Bruyette
1Department of Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
|July 15, 1988
Abstract:
A 2-year-old female Chinese Shar Pei was admitted with a 20-cm cervical esophageal stricture that was untreatable by conventional medical and surgical methods. A free jejunal segment was used to replace the strictured portion of the esophagus. Twenty-one months after surgery, the dog was able to eat liquefied canned dog food with minimal regurgitation and was maintaining normal body weight. Free jejunal transfer offers a treatment method for otherwise fatal esophageal lesions that are not responsive to conventional methods of medical and surgical treatment.