Zeitschriftenaufsatz
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2014
Haemorrhage after liver biopsy in a dog with portosystemic shunt.
Autor:in
Katić, N; Katić, C; Reifinger, M; Dupré, G
Journal
Abstrakt
A 5-year-old intact female Chihuahua was transferred to
our hospital for attenuation of a portosystemic shunt.
The attenuation was done by means of cellophane
banding and a routine liver biopsy was taken.
Postoperatively, the dog developed haemoabdomen and
the haematocrit dropped to 11 per cent. Relaparotomy
revealed an acute haemorrhage from the biopsy site and
partial liver lobectomy was performed to control
bleeding. Despite all attempts at treatment, the dog
developed serious metabolic and respiratory
derangements and eventually died after an episode of
respiratory arrest. With this report, the authors want to
raise awareness of this potentially fatal complication and
motivate the readers to weigh the bene
fi
t of additional
information against the risk a
‘
simple
’
liver biopsy could
entail in animals undergoing portosystemic shunt
attenuation.
Dokumententyp
Fallbericht
10.1136/vetreccr-2014-000097