Case report

Surgical management of a complicated umbilical abscess with multiple jejunal adhesions in a 12-week-old Holstein heifer

Authors

  • Eli H. S. Hendrickson Department of Clinical and Populations Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, 225 Veterinary Medical Center, 1365 Gartner Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108
  • Christopher B. Riley Department of Health Management, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Ave, Charlottetown, PE C0A 4P3, Canada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol38no1p68-71

Keywords:

abscesses, anastomosis, arteries, calves, case reports, clinical examination, diagnosis, heifers, intestinal obstruction, intestine resection, jejunum, surgery, surgical operations, umbilicus, urachus

Abstract

A 4.5-kg urachal abscess involving the umbilical arteries was diagnosed in a 12-week-old Holstein heifer. The urinary bladder wall was adhered to the mass, and there were multiple adhesions of the jejunum, which were associated with incomplete extra-mural obstruction. Adhesiolysis was completed. One section of partially obstructed jejunum was resected and a side-to-side anastomosis performed. Recovery from surgery was uneventful.

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Published

2004-02-01

How to Cite

Hendrickson, E. H. S., & Riley, C. B. (2004). Case report: Surgical management of a complicated umbilical abscess with multiple jejunal adhesions in a 12-week-old Holstein heifer. The Bovine Practitioner, 38(1), 68–71. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol38no1p68-71

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Vol. 38, No. 1 (2004 February)

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