Gastric band/ Bipass for dog

Re: Gastric band/ Bipass for dog

Rajat — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 12:03:13 GMT

No worries Andrew, come to think of it I have heard of gastric balloons in dogs (As a model for people) - and apparently the dog's stomachs just dilated more to hold the balloon so they could keep on eating a similar quantity as before. Good ole evolution!!

Re: Gastric band/ Bipass for dog

Andrew Mellor — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 11:01:15 GMT

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I have never heard of gastric bands or bypasses in dogs tho. Partial gastrectomies yes. Maybe someone else with more experience will comment.

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No well I haven't and nothing in any of the texts that I have looked at but I was just wondering why not ? presumably because it is generally a cosmetic procedure ?!

Thanks for your reply anyway Rajat, I have tried metoclop with zero effect but was hoping with the pyloromyotomy things would inprove anyway.

Re: Gastric band/ Bipass for dog

Rajat — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 20:15:35 GMT

Hi Andrew

Interesting case- given pugs are predisposed to pyloric stenosis/hypertrophy I wonder if the gastric dilatation was secondary to increased outflow resistance and is now just big and baggy and not working. My thought would be a partial gastrectomy is likely to be successful, equally one could try with metoclopramide and/or cisapride in an attempt to medically manage him and see if in combo w/the pyloromyotomy one can stabilise with this alone cf additional surgery. Additionally, simethicone can be useful to help reduce gas accumulation in the stomach, and reduce the secondary gastric dilatation.

I have never heard of gastric bands or bypasses in dogs tho. Partial gastrectomies yes. Maybe someone else with more experience will comment.

Cheers

Rajat