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VETERINARY JOURNAL
Volume 190, Issue 1, Pages 113-118Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2010.08.017
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Double balloon endoscopy; Dog; Anatomy; Small intestine; Mesentery
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- Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Spain [PI070712]
- Consejeria de Educacion, Ciencia e Investigacion de la Region de Murcia, Spain [BIO-MED 07/08-0019]
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Double balloon endoscopy (DBE) enables the diagnosis and treatment of small intestinal disease. The dog is a potential animal model for DBE training and also a candidate for the clinical application of this technique. However, the anatomy of the canine small intestine may limit the use of DBE by restricting the push-and-pull manoeuvres required for DBE. To establish what these limitations are, the length and width of different portions of the small intestine as well as the mesenteric dependences were measured in 55 dogs. Several external parameters related to body size plus the age, weight, sex and breed were recorded. Potential restriction of the progress of the enteroscope due to narrow intestinal diameter is expected in the jejunum of mid- and small size dogs. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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