Medical or Surgical Abdomen
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A cow is presented to you for colic. At the rectal examination, you palpate tension bands. It’s midnight, the cow is nervous and she wants to lie down constantly. She is 7 month old pregnant. What do you do? Treat her with laxative, a subQ calcium and ketoprofen? Or you open her up on the right side standing to find that she has a volvulus and the bowel are falling out of the abdomen while she decides to lie down on the right side. Déjà vu? What should you consider before going in surgery or rather treat her medically. ‘A chance to cut is a chance to cure’ does not apply to all animals. We will discuss the criteria that may influence your decision process to decide if it’s a surgical abdomen or not.
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