1994 Volume 25 Issue 2 Pages 43-48
Cholecystoduodenostomy was performed in a 10-year-old male Yorkshire Terrier with extrahepatic biliary obstruction following acute pancreatitis. Post-operative upper gastrointestinal radiography using metrizamide showed reflux of the contrast material into the gallbladder and subsequont smooth drainage into the duodenum.
Postoperative recovery of general conditions of the dog was rapid. The abnormal values in blood chemistry reversed to normal range. By 18 months after the surgery, the dog showed no signs of recurrence of pancreatitis and cholangitis. Thus, It is suggested that cholecystoduodenostomy is one of the very effective treatments in this disease.
