The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine
Abstract
A 3-year-old female Golden Retriever was referred with weakness, tachypnea and dyspnea. An incomplete diaphragmatic silhouette, gas-filled small intestine and pleural effusion in the thoracic cavitywere revealed in radiographs, implying a diaphragmatic hernia. After laparotomy, the abdominalstructureswere gently retrieved into the abdomen and a defect of 2×7 cm2was found. The transverse colonwas used as an autologous tissue flap for the repair of the defect. There were no complications identified for 2 years after surgery. Thus, patching with the transverse colon can be considered as an alternative for treating a defect in patients with a diaphragmatic hernia.
Publisher
Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University
First Page
445
Last Page
449
Recommended Citation
Kim, Dongwook and Kim, Gonhyung
(2020)
"Correction of diaphragmatic hernia using the transverse colon in a dog,"
The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine: Vol. 50:
Iss.
3, Article 18.
Available at:
https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/tjvm/vol50/iss3/18