From:
JJ
Date: 2008-08-20 17:20:57 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Banding tumor on vena cava side
To: ClubMedFerrets <clubmedferrets@yahoogroups.com>, FERRET-LIST <FERRET-L@LISTSERV.FERRETMAILINGLIST.ORG>, Ferrethealth <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>
Hey one of our vets learned 5 days ago of a procedure that gives our kids better chances of recovering from adrenal surgery!!!!
It's about time!!
He said they put a band on it which slowly closes choking off the blood supply to the tumor,then after 6 weeks they go back in and remove it,by then
the capularies and everything is stong enough around it to support it being removed.
He said with the OLD way of doing the surgery 1 in 4 ferrets would pass away.
In the NEW banding surgery 1 in 14 passes away.
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He did his first banding surgery today on our little girl Megan,she was his (ferret)guinea pig.
I'll let you all know how she does....
Jody
[Moderator's Note:
It sounds like the vet is comparing it to ligation of the Vena
Cava. Many vets debulk (remove part of -- literally "remove
bulk") tumors on the Cava (a truly major vein) but avoid
ligation. Those who ligate usually try to first press the Cava
closed enough to see if the ferret has formed enough
collateral (alternative) blood vessels to handle the load and
without those they don't risk it. Ligation of the Cava can be
tricky and difficult, and many don't do as well afterward even
if they make it.
Other adrenal surgeries are very safe typically, but this one
on the right is tricky due to the importance of that vein.]
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