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Bovine Esophageal, Rumenotoy, Pericarditis Flashcards

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Clinical Signs of Esophageal Choke:

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  1. Bloat
  2. Salivation
  3. Coughing/retching
  4. Extended head and neck
  5. Protruding tongue
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Two main DDx for Esophageal Choke?

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Pharyngeal trauma, RABIES

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3 Main complications of Esophageal Choke:

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  1. Unable to eructate = bloat
  2. Loss of saliva = metabolic acidosis
  3. Aspiration pneumonia
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Esophageal Choke: Tx:

Medical:
1. ___ retrevial.

  1. Use ___ to retrieve
  2. Push….

4.

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  1. manual (if proximal esophagus)
  2. wire snare
  3. into rumen with stomach tube
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Main surgery to treat esophageal choke?

When should you consider it?

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Esophagotomy

If medical tx options have all been exhausted, because it is a sx with many complications

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2 main things you should be doing during initial treatment of choke?

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Decompress rumen and hold off feed and water

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Layers of the esopagus:

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  1. Adventitial layer
  2. Muscular layer
  3. Submucosa
  4. Mucosa
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Structures that are anatomically closely associated with the esophagus in Bovines:

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  1. recurrent laryngeal nerve
  2. Carotid sheath
  3. Vagosympathetic trunk
  4. Tracheal lymphatic trunk
  5. Deep cervical lymph node
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Esophageal Surgery is an (simple/complex) sx. Why?

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Complex.

no serosal layer, constant movement, proximity of laryngeal n, required constant suture line technique, it’s dirty.

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Describe the steps of a cervical esophagotomy up to removal of FB

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Pass tube to obstruction,

exteriorize and isolate affected region of esophagus

Linear incision into esophagus over healthy tissue (if possible)

Remove FB

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Closure of cervical esophagotomy:

If healthy tissue?

If compromised tissue?

May need to place…..

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Close normally

Leave to heal by 2nd intention

rumen fistula

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Cervical esophagotomy with 1° Repair:

Performed with animal in what position?

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standing sedation

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Cervical esophagotomy with 1° Repair:

Surgical approach?

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Lateral/ventrolateral

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Cervical esophagotomy with 1° Repair:

Upon incision, seperates into how many layers? What are those layers?

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2 layers, the muscular layer and mucosa/submucosal layer

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Cervical esophagotomy with 1° Repair:

Closure technique?

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PDS to close, bury knots in lumen. Use mucosa/submucosa for tensile strength

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Cervical esophagotomy with 1° Repair:

Post-op complications common d/t…

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Lack of serosal layer

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Cervical esophagotomy with 1° Repair:

Ventral aproach to do what two things:
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  1. Blunt dissection of left side of trachea to ID esophagus

2. Retract trachea to the right.

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Cervical esophagotomy with 1° Repair:

Ventrolateral approach is used for……

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feeding tube placement

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Cervical esophagotomy with 1° Repair:

Incision site?

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ventral to jugular v

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Cervical esophagotomy with 1° Repair:

Seperate what two muscles at incision site?

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Sternocephalicus and brachiocephalicus

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Cervical esophagotomy with 1° Repair:

Where do you incise esophagus?

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over or caudal to FB

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Cervical esophagotomy with 1° Repair:

Closure technique?

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Close mucosa/submucosa with knots buried in lumen. Than close muscular layer

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Cervical esophagotomy with 1° Repair:

Post-op care?

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Active drain for 48 hours

No food for 48 hours.

Abx

IV fluids w/electrolytes

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Esophagostomy

Performed when?

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If tissue is compromised

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Esophagostomy performed (cranial/caudal) to repaired esophagus?
Caudal to
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Esophagostomy Tube you place inside?
Polyethylene NG tube
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Esophagostomy Leave polyethylene tube in place for how long? What is the goal of leaving it in there that long?
7-10 days to allow stroma formation
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Esophagostomy Closure method?
Heal by second intention
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Temporary Rumen Fistula: Function?
Immediate relief of chronic bloat
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2 benefits of Temporary Rumen Fistula: 1 2
1. Direct feeding into rumen | 2. Reversible
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Temporary Rumen Fistula: Location?
Upper left paralumbar fossa
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Temporary Rumen Fistula: (do/do not) use sharp dissection
Do not.
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Temporary Rumen Fistula: Placement technique:
Grasp and tent rumen wall Suture rumen to skin in mattress pattern. Incise with 1 inch of rumen sticking out of skin Secure 35 mL syring casing
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Rumenotomy: Indications: 1. 2. 3. 4.
1. Chronic bloat 2. Foreign body 3. Reticular abscess 4. Type II vagal indigestion
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Type II vagal distension: Due to failure of.
omasal transport
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Type II vagal indigestion: results in....
distension of reticulum/rumen
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Rumenotomy: Off feed how long beforehand?
24-36 hours
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Rumenotomy: Approach?
Left flank.
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Rumenotomy: T/F: considered a "dirty" procedure
F, a clean-contaminated procedure
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Rumenotomy: Suture pattern? What are you suturing together? Start from (ventral/dorsal) aspect?
Cushing to suture rumen to skin. dorsal.
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Rumenotomy: Describe a rumen board set-up.
Non-crushing rumen forceps hooked across a board.
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Rumenotomy: What is the benefit of a rumen board?
Allows exteriorization of the rumen.
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Rumenotomy: | Closure method?
2 layer inverting closure, being sure to lavage the site.
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Rumenotomy: What should you do after completing closure of the 2 layer inverting pattern?
Change gloves/sleeves/instruments prior to body wall closure
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During Rumenotomy, what is the function of Kingman tube?
siphon fluid from the rumen
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Rumenotomy: Prognosis dependent on _____
Reason for procedure.
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Prognosis of Rumenotomy to remove FB is good if...
if FB doesnt penetrate thoracic cavity OR involve right side of reticulum
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Prognosis of Rumenotomy to remove FB is guarded if...
involvement of right side of reticulum
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Prognosis of Rumenotomy to remove FB is poor if...
FB penetrated diaphragm
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``` Clinical signs of Traumatic reticulopreicarditis 1 a) b) c) ``` 2. 3.
1. CxS of right sided heart failure a) Distended jugular v b) brisket edema c) tachypnea 2. Tachycardia with muffled heart sounds 3. CxS of GI disease a week prior
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Clinical signs of right-sided heart failure that you will see in a traumatic reticulopericarditis case? 1 2 3
1. Distended jugular v 2. Brisket edema 3. Tachypnea
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Three ways to diagnose traumatic reticulopericarditis 1 2 3
1. rads 2. U/s 3. Pericardiocentesis
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3 treatment options for Traumatic Pericarditis 1. 2. 3. 4.
1. Salvage 2. Antibiotics 3. Pericardial lavage 4. Pericardectomy

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