Surgical management of extra hepatic portocaval shunt using operative mesenteric portovenography and the placement of an Ameroid constrictor.
Performed on a 2 and a half year old Patterdale Terrier by Alasdair Hotston Moore MA VetMB CertSAC CertVR CertSAS PGCert(HE) MRCVS, Head of Surgical Referrals at Bath Veterinary Referrals. Telephone: 01225 832521. Web: http://www.bathvetreferrals.co.uk Email: contact@bathvetreferrals.co.ukOperation performed using surgical blades from Swann-Morton http://www.swann-morton.com/
First published: Mon, Jul 22 2013
I'm glad you enjoyed it. The ameroid is a ring of stainless steel with an inner ring of casein. In the UK they are sold by Veterinary Instrumentation.
Best wishes, Alasdair
(Comment posted Tue, Jul 23 2013)
Excellent. What is the Ameroid made of? (Comment posted Tue, Jul 23 2013)