Is that a Foreign Body? A Systematic Approach to Animal Radiographs

Veterinary surgeons are presented with vomiting patients almost on a daily basis in General Practice. One of the most common reasons for vomiting in a dog or cat is ingestion of a foreign body. Abdominal radiography is still the most useful diagnostic tool to rule in or out a gastrointestinal foreign body. In this lecture you will learn the characteristics to look for that will help you decide whether there is intestinal obstruction secondary to a foreign body. In those radiographs that are inconclusive, we discuss other diagnostic tools available to help make the decision about whether to “cut or not to cut”.