Thank you for
this information. I will talk with my regular vet when he gets back
from wherever every vet in Southern OR was going this weekend! The
laproscopic surgery sounds like a good fix. He has not had problems
with me in the 2+ years I have had him but he was very neglected when I
bought him so who knows?
Thanks again,
Mary
No, it?s a fairly
tried and true technique. You don?t come across it too often,
because nephrosplenic entrapments aren?t as common as other types of
colic. Epi and exercise don?t always work, though, but I?m very glad
it did for you and Woody.
Since forewarned
is forearmed, you might consider taking Woody for ultrasound evaluation at
OSU or Bend, especially if he ever pulls this
trick on you again. Not often, but some horses that do it once like
to do it again. There?s a reasonably simple laparoscopy procedure to
close the ?loop? the bowel is sneaking through once and for all. I
don?t know cost, but it?s not open abdomen and a *whole* lot less than colic
surgery. They just incise a tiny little window in the side and go in
with a camera, a flashlight and some suture material. I saw it done
at ColoradoState and it was
pretty slick.
