Professor of Small Animal Surgery Colorado State University
Placement of feeding tubes is frequently indicated for the management of nutritionally deficient and critically injured patients. This session will focus on a variety of techniques to place esophagostomy feeding tubes (E-tube) in cats. Because cats tolerate this avenue of feeding so well it is important that veterinarians be able to place them in practice. Video of clinical cases will be used to illustrate a variety of E-tube placement techniques. and........... This lecture will focus on techniques used to place chest drains in dogs and cats. A variety of drain types will be used as well as several different techniques. Included will be a technique that allows percutaneous placement of a chest drain in a fully awake traumatized patient. Videotape of clinical cases requiring ‘emergency’ as well as ‘planned’ chest drain placement will be used to illustrate the recommended procedures.
