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Updated: July 5th, 2023 15:44
2021 article
Successful and unsuccessful nonsurgical removal of ingested golf balls and an artificial egg in four rat snakes (Pantherophis alleghaniensis)
Scott, G., Waffa, B. J., DeVoe, R. S., Harms, C. A., & Lewbart, G. A. (2021, May 4). Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Vol. 5.
MeSH headings : Animals; Colubridae; Foreign Bodies / surgery; Foreign Bodies / veterinary; Golf; Mouth; Rats; Rodent Diseases; Snakes; Stomach
topics (OpenAlex): Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia; Turtle Biology and Conservation; Bird parasitology and diseases
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.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action
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15. Life on Land
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Added: June 10, 2021
2012 article
DORSAL LAMINECTOMY IN A TWO-TOED AMPHIUMA (AMPHIUMA MEANS)
Waffa, B. J., Montgerard, A. C., Grafinger, M. S., Christian, L. S., Dombrowski, D. S., & Lewbart, G. A. (2012, December 14). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, Vol. 43, pp. 927–930.
author keywords: amphibian; amphiuma; kyphosis; laminectomy; scoliosis
MeSH headings : Animals; Kyphosis; Laminectomy / veterinary; Male; Spine / abnormalities; Urodela
topics (OpenAlex): Spinal Dysraphism and Malformations; Spinal Cord Injury Research; Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology
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.
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being
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Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018