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The equine gastrosplenic ligament: Anatomy and clinical considerations |
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| Authors: | L Hunt E Paterson H Sare C Kearney H McAllister F David |
| Institution: | 1. UCD Veterinary Hospital, School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland;2. Boswall Loan 5, Edinburgh, UK;3. Klinik fur Anasthesiologie and Perioperative Intensivmedizin, Veterinarmedizinische Universitat Wien, Vienna, Austria |
| Abstract: | A gelding was referred for colic and inguinal wound evaluation. Abdominal ultrasound showed distended, oedematous and immotile small intestine abaxial to the spleen. An exploratory laparotomy revealed jejunal incarceration through a rent in the gastrosplenic ligament (GSL). The rent in the GSL was opened and surgical correction (resection and anastomosis of nonviable jejunum) performed. The GSL was left open. The horse recovered uneventfully and one year after surgery no further episodes of colic have been observed. |
| Keywords: | horse gastrosplenic ligament rent colic small intestine abdominal ultrasound |