title: Endoscopic and surgical retrieval of fishhooks from the stomach and esophagus in dogs and cats: 75 cases (1977-1993)
abstract: Medical records of 3 cats and 72 dogs that had a fishhook endoscopically or surgically retrieved from the stomach or esophagus were reviewed. Endoscopic retrieval was successful in 41 of 62 (66%) animals, and retrieval time and hospitalization time for endoscopic retrieval were significantly shorter than times for surgical retrieval. Rate of failure of endoscopic retrieval was higher for animals with treble-barb, rather than single-barb, fishhooks. Whether a fishhook could be successfully retrieved endoscopically was independent of body weight, amount of time the fishhook had been present, location of the hook, and orientation within the esophagus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia 65211, USA.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Michels
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Huss
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wagner-Mann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D002415:Cats; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D004285:Dogs; D004945:Esophagoscopy / Q000662:veterinary; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013270:Stomach