Recopilación bibliográfica sobre el sindrome volvulo gastrico en perros, diagnostico clinico, manejo y resolucion quirurgica

Abstract

In the veterinary clinic, it is common to attend to patients who are admitted for pathologies with a reserved prognosis. Alterations of the gastrointestinal tract are the most common, which can compromise the lives of animals. For such serious reasons, it is of utmost importance to classify the physical condition of the patient to act in a timely and rapid manner. Among the pathologies of the digestive tract are esophageal and gastric foreign bodies, dilation syndrome and gastric volvulus, intestinal obstruction, mesenteric volvulus, rectal prolapse, among others. Within the emergencies, gastric dilation-volvulus syndrome is described as a life-threatening condition in dogs, associated with high mortality rates (33% to 68%), due to lack of timely care and as a result of multiple organ damage and death. Therefore, the veterinarian must assess his patient quickly and accurately. Within the treatment of DVG, the surgical technique is described, which, performed on time, reduces the probability of gastric perforation, heart attacks in the blood vessels of the spleen and in the stomach. The best known techniques are balloon gastropexy and incisional gastropexy, recommended because it is fast, permanent and allows correct fixation. Gastropexy is recommended, currently the most widely used, allows a complete and permanent fixation and is easy to perform. The present bibliographic review consisted of a bibliographic review on Gastric Volvulus Dilation syndrome in dogs, to know the possibilities of management and treatment in the daily clinic