Jejunal perforation due to porcupine quill ingestion in a horse |
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| Authors: | Stacy L. Anderson Luca Panizzi Jose Bracamonte |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences (Anderson) and Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (Bracamonte), University of Saskatchewan, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4; Massey Equine, Institute of Veterinary, Animal, and Biomedical Sciences, Tennet Drive, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand (Panizzi). |
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| Abstract: | An 8-month-old Andalusian filly was treated for jejunal perforations due to ingestion of a porcupine quill. During exploratory laparotomy, 2 separate stapled side-to-side jejunojejunal resection and anastomoses were performed. Post-operative complications after 2 years follow-up included mild incisional herniation following incisional infection and chronic intermittent colic. |
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