Upper gastrointestinal surgery for ulcer disease in foals.
The goals of surgical therapy in foal gastroduodenal ulcer disease are the elimination of abdominal pain, healing of mucosal ulcerations, and prevention of complications. Gastrojejunostomy has been used with success in both pyloric and duodenal ulcerations that have progressed to gastric outflow obstruction. Gastrojejunostomy has resulted in rapid healing of gastritis and esophagitis and resolution of aspiration pneumonia and biliary stasis without recurrence of duodenal ulceration.
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Department of Gastroenterology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville.
D000818:Animals; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006736:Horses; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*