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Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
Volume 13 | Issue 16 (August 2023)

Surgical Anatomy of the Gastrointestinal Tract in Cats.

Animals (Basel). August 2023;13(16):.

Vasileia Angelou¹, Aliki Fiska², Anastasia Tsingotjidou³, Michael Patsikas⁴, Lysimachos G Papazoglou⁵

¹ Unit of Surgery and Obstetrics, Companion Animal Clinic, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54627 Thessaloniki, Greece.; ² Department of Anatomy, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece.; ³ Laboratory of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54627 Thessaloniki, Greece.; ⁴ Laboratory of Diagnostic Imaging, Department of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54627 Thessaloniki, Greece.; ⁵ Unit of Surgery and Obstetrics, Companion Animal Clinic, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54627 Thessaloniki, Greece.

Abstract

In cats, the gastrointestinal tract is one of the regions in which surgical procedures are most frequently performed by veterinary surgeons; therefore, knowledge of the surgical anatomy of the feline gastrointestinal tract is of high importance. The main surgical procedures performed include gastrotomy, gastrectomy, enterotomy, and enterectomy, as well as procedures in the liver and pancreas. There are also anatomical differences between dogs and cats, increasing the need for deep knowledge of the anatomy treated in the different surgical approaches. The aim of the present review is to describe in detail the anatomy of the gastrointestinal tract in cats highlighting the anatomical regions of significant importance in different surgical procedures.

Keywords

abdomen; anatomy; feline; gastrointestinal surgery;

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