Use of ultrasonography to facilitate surgical removal of non‐enteric foreign bodies in 17 dogs

Abstract

Plant material foreign bodies may cause vague clinical signs at the time of initial presentation but can progress to cause persistent or recurrent abscessation, sinus tract formation and debilitating disease, due to migration of the foreign body, severe tissue reaction and secondary infection. Ultrasonography is a non-invasive technique that can be used to identify precisely the presence, location and size of radiolucent foreign bodies. Early identification of foreign bodies using ultrasonography facilitates surgical retrieval before further migration and tissue injury occur. This paper reviews the ultrasonographic findings and outcome in 17 dogs with non-enteric, radiolucent, plant material foreign bodies.

Wooden, metallic, hair, bone, and plant foreign bodies in horses: 37 cases (1990-2005)

“…When possible, establishment of the presence of a foreign body and determination of the type and location of foreign material prior to surgical exploration are helpful. This finding is supported by the results of other studies [11][12][13] in other species including dogs and people. Plain film radiography led to the accurate detection of metallic foreign bodies; all diagnoses were confirmed prior to surgery.…”

Use of preoperative computed tomography for surgical treatment of recurrent draining tracts

“…The present results remain inferior to other studies in which ultrasonography was used allowing the identification of an FB in 82 and 100% of cases (Staudte et al . , Gnudi et al . ).…”

Bronchial Vegetal Foreign Bodies in the Dog —Localization in 47 Cases

“…Once inhaled, these foreign bodies (FBs) tend to deepen their position also migrating trough the pulmonary parenchyma to other body districts [7,11]. Ultrasonography, radiology, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging have been tested in order to diagnose the presence of FBs [1,3,11,12], but with regard to bronchial FBs, endoscopy still represents the most interesting one, allowing both diagnosis and, frequently, direct removal. Even though many cases of bronchial VFBs have been described in the literature, most articles have described single cases, while to the authors' knowledge, only a few studies with a large number of dogs have described the localization of FBs along the bronchial tree [2,10,11].…”