2021 journal article

Successful and unsuccessful nonsurgical removal of ingested golf balls and an artificial egg in four rat snakes (Pantherophis alleghaniensis)

JAVMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 258(10), 1135–1141.

By: G. Scott n, B. Waffa n, R. DeVoe*, C. Harms n & G. Lewbart n

MeSH headings : Animals; Colubridae; Foreign Bodies / surgery; Foreign Bodies / veterinary; Golf; Mouth; Rats; Rodent Diseases; Snakes; Stomach
TL;DR: The described nonsurgical techniques for removal of ingested round or ovoid foreign bodies were associated with substantial complications in 3 of 4 treated rat snakes, and the methods used did not appear to be more beneficial than traditional gastrotomy. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
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Added: June 10, 2021

2012 journal article

DORSAL LAMINECTOMY IN A TWO-TOED AMPHIUMA (AMPHIUMA MEANS)

JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE, 43(4), 927–930.

By: B. Waffa n, A. Montgerard, M. Grafinger, L. Christian*, D. Dombrowski & G. Lewbart*

author keywords: amphibian; amphiuma; kyphosis; laminectomy; scoliosis
MeSH headings : Animals; Kyphosis; Laminectomy / veterinary; Male; Spine / abnormalities; Urodela
TL;DR: Clinical signs suggests that surgical decompression of the spine was clinically successful short term, but the patient deteriorated for reasons possibly related, although not directly attributable, to the surgery. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: August 6, 2018

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