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body, postoperative stricture formation, compression from neoplasia, cecal inversion, or colonic intussusception. The presence of a focal radiographic narrowing was suggestive of a colonic stricture. Treatment and Outcome The owners elected for
, 150 to 160 beats/min) with hypersalivation and uncontrolled urination. Due to progressive clinical deterioration, humane euthanasia was elected. Gross postmortem examination revealed a colonic stricture located 7.5 cm aboral to the ileocecocolic
torsion with or without volvulus, compression or displacement by an intra-abdominal mass, colonic-colonic or cecocolic intussusception, obstructive infiltrative mass of the colonic wall (or other cause of colonic stricture and functional ileus), and
treated dogs, respectively, including development of hind limb edema and formation of urethral, ureteral, or colonic strictures that required surgical correction or stenting. 8 , 9 Local progression was also noted in up to 7 of 18 dogs at a median
rectal wall in the distal rectum and anal canal when polypectomy is not an option. 21 However, the effect of radiation on surrounding neurovascular structures and the risk for colonic stricture formation are the main contraindications to this modality
.1; StataCorp). Results Animals There were 182 cats identified as having undergone subtotal colectomies for megacolon at 18 institutions during the study period. Of these patients, 8 had concurrent neoplasia, 1 had a distal colonic stricture of
[9%]), megacolon (7 [8%]), biopsy (7 [8%]), extracolonic mass (5 [6%]), large intestine foreign body (3 [2%]), and other conditions (colonic stricture, devitalization, abscessation, or ulceration; 6 [7%]). Eight of 90 (9%) dogs had multiple
