Prognostic factors for immediate survival in dogs undergoing surgery for biliary peritonitis

This study aimed to report demographics, clinical signs, physical examination, diagnostic test results, surgical findings, and prognostic factors for in-hospital postoperative mortality following biliary peritonitis surgery in dogs. A retrospective, multi-institutional cohort study, including 33 client-owned dogs that underwent surgery for biliary peritonitis between 2015 and 2021, was performed. Dogs were included if they had a definitive diagnosis of biliary peritonitis and a surgery report. Information on demographics, clinical signs and duration, physical examination findings, laboratory and diagnostic imaging results, surgery, perioperative medical treatment, and complications for each patient was obtained. Cholecystectomy was the procedure most frequently performed (31/33, 94%). The overall ...

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