dc.creator | Prassinos, N. N. | en |
dc.creator | Adamama-Moraitou, K. K. | en |
dc.creator | Gouletsou, P. G. | en |
dc.creator | Rallis, T. S. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-23T10:46:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-23T10:46:07Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
dc.identifier | 10.1016/j.jfms.2006.06.001 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1098-612X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11615/32491 | |
dc.description.abstract | Three domestic shorthair cats, one male and two females, 17.6 +/- 6.5 months old and 3.5 +/- 0.4 kg body weight, were admitted with a 6.6 +/- 1.1 (range 6-8) month history of recurrent bouts of obstipation. Defecatory difficulties had started within a month of conservatively managed pelvic fractures. Clinical and radiographic examination revealed severe colonic distension with faeces and a narrow pelvic canal caused by malunion of the pelvic fractures. A pelvic symphyseal distraction-osteotomy (SDO) technique was performed, using a novel metal spacer of spirally fashioned orthopaedic wire. Pelvic canal enlargement allowed the insertion of an index finger into the rectum. Following this, no further episodes of obstipation occurred during a follow-up period of 1-3 years. The SDO technique may be successful for the treatment of obstipation secondary to post-traumatic pelvic canal stenosis in the cat, if the colon motility is not already permanently affected. (C) 2006 ESFM and AAFP. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. | en |
dc.source | Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery | en |
dc.source.uri | <Go to ISI>://WOS:000244183900004 | |
dc.subject | PELVIC CANAL STENOSIS | en |
dc.subject | CAT | en |
dc.subject | MEGACOLON | en |
dc.subject | Veterinary Sciences | en |
dc.title | Symphyseal distraction-osteotomy using a novel spacer of spirally fashioned orthopaedic wire for the management of obstipation | en |
dc.type | journalArticle | en |