title: Surgical removal of stones in the stomach of a tiger shovelnose catfish.
abstract: A seven months old, tiger shovelnose catfish was referred to the veterinary medical teaching hospital of the college of veterinary medicine, Konkuk university because of suspecting a foreign body in the stomach. By physical and radiologic examinations, the catfish revealed abdominal enlargement, vomiting, inactivity and radiopaque foreign bodies in the stomach. Under general anesthesia with dilute isoflurane solution, celiotomy was performed. Stomach was atonic, and three foreign bodies were palpated in the stomach. In this process, three stones came out through mouth. Abdominal muscles were closed with a simple continuous suture pattern, and skin was closed with a simple mattress suture pattern. Sutured site was covered with glue and mucous taken from allogenic skin. On the second day after surgery, the patient recovered to normal condition, showing increased appetite and activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, KonKuk University, Seoul 143-701, Korea.
authors.forename: Hun Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Soon Wuk
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Young Min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Man Bok
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Joon Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyun Jung
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Byung Kuk
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: No
authors.forename: Sang Hyuk
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002397:Catfishes / Q000601:surgery*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000662:veterinary; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery*