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Dog swallowed a 24″long swiffer handle
Dog swallowed a 24″long swiffer handle
This is one of the most unusual cases we have had at the Airport Animal Emergency Center in Indianapolis. "Demona" Havican is an 8 year old intact female Boxer who presented to AAEC on Friday 3/22/08 for vomiting after eating a swiffer handle. Neither the owner nor any of our staff realized what we were about to find. The owner informed us that she could see the handle in the dog's throat. "Demona" was immediately sedated with propofol and a thorough oral exam was performed, yet no foreign body was identified. Radiographs were then obtained to locate the foreign body. To everybody's amazement, the swiffer handle had been swallowed intact and was now residing in the esophagus from the thoracic inlet to caudally past the stomach. "Demona" was immediately taken to surgery where the end of the handle was identified stretching the stomach caudally without perforating it. With gentle pressure, the handle was pushed towards the mouth until it could be visualized in the oropharynx. At that point, the handle was grabbed by the anesthetist (Shelley Nash) and with some minor manipulations, we were able to atraumatically extract the handle through the mouth. I was actually unaware that another assistant (Amanda Dehoney) was actually recording this amazing removal of the swiffer handle. The dog recovered uneventfully. Brent Gust DVM Aiport Animal Emergency Center 5235 W. Washington Str. Indianapolis, IN 46241 317-248-0832 To view the entire case: http://www.hungarovet.com/?p=1635 Author: logcabinvet Keywords: Dog swallowed 24" swiffer handle longest foreign body in stomach and esophagus deep throat dog Added: March 24, 2008
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