National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
An adult freshwater turtle was presented with the history of anorexia since three days. Clinical and radiographic examination under sedation revealed fish hook lodged in the cervical oesophagus. Foreign body retrieval was performed under Midazolam and Ketamine general anaesthesia. Initially retrieval of fish hook through oral route was tried. The attempt was failed since chances of tearing of mucosa of oesophagus during the procedure due to reverse cutting pointed edge of fish hook. So surgical retrieval was attempted. A small nick incision was made on ventro-lateral aspect of neck region on the area where fish hook was present. It was removed from the site by giving slow traction with grasping forceps. After thorough lavaging with normal saline oesophagus was sutured using Poliglecaprone 25 No. 3-0 in simple interrupted pattern with knot buried inside the lumen. Skin was sutured using polyamide No. 3-0 in simple interrupted pattern. Post-operatively Meloxicam and Ceftriaxone was administered intramuscularly for five days. Turtle recovered uneventfully without any complications.
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