A 4-year-old cat was admitted to a private veterinary clinic with complaints of lethargy, intermittent vomiting, and anorexia. sewing thread found under the cat's tongue on clinical examination. An abdominal ultrasound confirmed presence linear foreign body in duodenum. Emergency surgery performed day presentation. The successfully extracted by enterotomy. recovery proceeded without complicatio...

While laparoscopic gastric banding is not as prevalent, the management of patients with a history remains concern. Gastric bands have been noted to erode and can migrate through bowel leading variety issues. We were able successfully manage this almost completely endoscopically without need for enterotomy retrieval. This allowed enhanced patient recovery avoided morbidity associated which commo...

Background: The use of laparoscope in the treatment abdominal wall hernia repair was first reported 1993 by LeBlanc and William. But with passage time gaining expertise, LVHR is now being perform more often but it still not gold standard management. Today proven advantage laparoscopic ventral repair, open less intraoperative blood loss, shorter hospital stays early return to normal activity. We...

INTRODUCTION The Elipse™ intragastric balloon (IGB) for weight loss is a swallowable capsule that is filled with 550mL of fluid and resides in the stomach for four months before being excreted from the gastrointestinal tract. Although initial data showed that use of this device is safe and free from serious complications, we report for the first time the successful management of an Elipse™ IGB-...

INTRODUCTION This case report includes different diagnostic imaging methods for localization of textile foreign bodies in reptiles and shows the limitations and advantages of these methods. A six-year-old, male, green iguana was presented to our clinic after ingesting a sock 5 days earlier. Ultrasound, contrast x-ray, computed tomography and endoscopy were used to locate the foreign body before...

Foreign body ingestion is common in children. Sharp foreign bodies are potentially harmful and can result various complications. An 8-month-old infant presented with incarcerated umbilical hernia. With a suspicion of strangulation, operation was performed that revealed a loop of ileum being stuck in the umbilical defect. The loop of ileum was freed from the umbilicus which demonstrated open end...