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Ultrasound-guided retrieval of plant awns.
Vet Radiol Ultrasound. 2008 Sep-Oct;49(5):484-6
Authors: Della Santa D, Rossi F, Carlucci F, Vignoli M, Kircher P
In dogs, surgical removal of plant awns causing a foreign body granuloma or abscess may be challenging. The inability to localize the foreign body during surgical removal often leads to abscess recurrence. In this report, we describe ultrasound-guided retrieval as an alternative to standard surgical retrieval in animals where the plant awn can be identified sonographically. This procedure was used in six dogs with a superficial abscess due to a plant awn, and in all dogs the foreign body was successfully retrieved with Hartmann forceps. No complication was observed and no abscess recurred. Minimally invasive ultrasound-guided plant awn retrieval appears to be a safe effective method of retrieving superficially located plant awns in the dog.
PMID: 18833960 [PubMed – in process]
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