Updates in Upper GI Surgery

Seminar Chair(s)

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  Ingrid Balsa, MEd, DVM, DACVS (Small Animal)
  ACVS Fellow, Minimally Invasive Surgery (Small Animal Soft Tissue)

  Assistant Professor of Clinical Soft Tissue Surgery
  University of California, Davis
  Davis, California

This session reviews current clinical perceptions and research regarding the canine and feline upper GI tract (oral cavity to the duodenum). Topics such as esophageal function following surgery for vascular ring anomalies, surgical treatments, innovations for various upper GI conditions, and treatment for pre-and post-operative regurgitation are discussed.

Presentations:

• 10:15am – 10:30am

  abs: Outcomes of surgical treatment of gastrointestinal foreign body surgery in cats
  _{Updates in Upper GI Surgery}
  

  Abstract Presenter: Hailey R. Gollnick – University of Georgia
• 10:30am – 10:45am

  abs: GDV Viability with Near-Infrared Fluorescence
  _{Updates in Upper GI Surgery}
  

  Abstract Presenter: Kaitlyn M. Mullen, DVM, MS – University of Florida
• 10:45am – 11:00am

  abs: Intestinal Viability using GlycoCheck
  _{Updates in Upper GI Surgery}
  

  Abstract Presenter: Kaitlyn M. Mullen, DVM, MS – University of Florida
• 11:00am – 11:30am

  Thoracoscopic Treatment of PRAA
  _{Updates in Upper GI Surgery}
  

  Speaker: Erin A. Gibson, DVM, DACVS (Small Animal) – University of California, Davis
• 11:30am – 12:00pm

  Management Strategies of Perioperative Regurgitation
  _{Updates in Upper GI Surgery}
  

  Speaker: Brian Hardy, DACVIM – University of California - Davis