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Long-term Survival of Dogs After Cholecystoenterostomy: A Retrospective Study of 15 Cases (1981–2005)

From the Department of Clinical Sciences (Papazoglou), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 11 S. Voutyra Street, 54627, Thessaloniki, Greece and the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery (Mann, Wagner-Mann, Song), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri 65211.

Fifteen dogs with extrahepatic biliary tract disease underwent cholecystoenterostomy. Long-term survivors were significantly older at presentation (mean age 140.5 months) than dogs that survived the first 20 days after surgery but subsequently died from causes related to the surgery or hepatobiliary disease (mean age 72 months). Dogs that died during the first 20 days had significantly more complications in the hospital than dogs that survived this period. The type of underlying hepatobiliary disease (i.e., benign or malignant) was not associated with either short-term outcome or long-term survival. Eight dogs died from causes related to surgery or hepatobiliary disease. Long-term complications included hepatic abscesses, acquired portosystemic shunts, pancreatitis, and vomiting.