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Prognostic factors in cats with extra-hepatic biliary obstruction

Prognostic factors in cats with extra-hepatic biliary obstruction
  • Pre-operative hyperbilirubinemia and immediate post-operative hypotension were associated with reduced survival

Extra-hepatic biliary obstruction (EHBO) is an uncommon and potentially life-threatening condition in cats that is associated with conditions that obstruct bile flow from the liver and gallbladder to the duodenum. Surgical management of EHBO has poor survival rates with few prognostic factors reported in the literature. The etiology and clinical findings of feline EHBO and their influence on short-(2 weeks-6 months) and long-term (>6 months) survival and prognosis were examined in an observational clinical retrospective study of 26 client-owned cats undergoing surgery for biliary obstruction at one institution between 2012 and 2020. The etiology of EHBO was determined in 21/26 ...

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