About The Webinar
This webinar will run through the diagnosis and management of ascites in canine and feline patients focusing on surgical conditions. Diagnostic techniques in these patients include imaging such as ultrasound, abdominocentesis and even diagnostic peritoneal lavage for small volumes of effusion. Indications for exploratory surgery include free gas on abdominal radiographs, peritoneal fluid consistent with urine, bile or with intracellular bacteria, evidence of a penetrating wound or a haemoabdomen unresponsive to medical management. Haemoabdomen can be traumatic or spontaneous with a ruptured splenic mass being one of the most common aetiologies. The webinar will offer tips in the stabilisation of haemoabdomen patients including how to perform splenectomies in the simplest possible way. Septic peritonitis occurs most commonly from leakage from the gastrointestinal tract but can also be due to leakage from the urogenital tract, biliary tract, penetrating wounds or abscesses. The webinar will discuss aetiologies of septic peritonitis and how to improve the outcome in these cases.
