Surgical correction of persistent right aortic arch in a cat and three dogs

M. Caliskan, P. Can, I.G. Sancak and O. Besalti
Additional contact information
P. Can: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
I.G. Sancak: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
O. Besalti: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

Veterinární medicína, 2018, vol. 63, issue 11, 522-526

Abstract: We here report the diagnosis and surgical outcomes of a cat and three dogs with persistent right aortic arch causing oesophageal enlargement. The chief complaint in all cases was regurgitation just after solid food intake. Barium oesophagographic examinations revealed enlarged oesophaguses cranial to the heart and strictures due to arteriosus ligament constriction of the oesophagus. Surgical correction was carried out using left fourth intercostal thoracotomy and severance of the ligamentum arteriosum. The cases frequently displayed residual clinical signs and still required modified diets after a mean follow-up period of 8.6 months, but owner satisfaction was acceptable.

Keywords: feline; canine; oesophagus; surgery; PRAA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://vetmed.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/43/2018-VETMED.html (text/html)
http://vetmed.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/43/2018-VETMED.pdf (application/pdf)
free of charge

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:caa:jnlvet:v:63:y:2018:i:11:id:43-2018-vetmed

DOI: 10.17221/43/2018-VETMED

Access Statistics for this article

Veterinární medicína is currently edited by Ing. Helena Smolová Ph.D.

More articles in Veterinární medicína from Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Ivo Andrle ().