Browsing by Subject "Gastroduodenal polypectomy"

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    Endoscopic Endocautery Polypectomy for the Treatment of Duodenal and Gastric Polyps in a Cat
    (Elsevier, 2021-08) Ayala de la Peña, Ignacio; Cabot, Antonio; García-Martínez, Juan Diego; Escobar, María Teresa; Alberca, Fernando; Medicina y Cirugía Animal
    Endoscopic polypectomy is commonly performed in human medicine, with large-scale studies reported. However, few reports have described its use in veterinary medicine and, specifically, the procedure in the case of duodenal polyps in cats has not been reported. A 7 kg 14-year-old cat presented with recurrent vomiting for several months. Gastroduodenoscopy revealed a pedunculated polyp at the pyloric antrum and another in the duodenum, with its head protruding into the pylorus. Endoscopic polypectomy was performed using an electrosurgical snare with no recurrence of clinical signs after six months. Duodenal polypectomy in cats may be difficult because of space limitation but it can be safe, minimally invasive, and successful, thus avoiding more invasive surgical techniques. Endoscopic polypectomy may be a viable alternative to surgery in cats with gastric and duodenal polyps.
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    Endoscopic endocautery polypectomy for the treatment of duodenal and gastric polyps in a cat
    (Elsevier, 2021-08) Ayala, Ignacio; Cabot, Antonio; García Martínez, Juan Diego; Escobar, María Teresa; Alberca, Fernando; Medicina y Cirugía Animal
    Endoscopic polypectomy is commonly performed in human medicine, with large-scale studies reported.However, few reports have described its use in veterinary medicine and, specifically, the procedure in thecase of duodenal polyps in cats has not been reported. A 7 kg 14-year-old cat presented with recurrent vom-iting for several months. Gastroduodenoscopy revealed a pedunculated polyp at the pyloric antrum andanother in the duodenum, with its head protruding into the pylorus. Endoscopic polypectomy was per-formed using an electrosurgical snare with no recurrence of clinical signs after six months. Duodenal poly-pectomy in cats may be difficult because of space limitation but it can be safe, minimally invasive, andsuccessful, thus avoiding more invasive surgical techniques. Endoscopic polypectomy may be a viable alter-native to surgery in cats with gastric and duodenal polyps.