Abdominal (Peritoneal) Adhesions In Italian Greyhound

[Guest SusanP]

It's been years since I posted on here, and now this post is not about one of my big greyhounds, but about a little Iggy who recently joined our family. During laproscopic surgery to remove undscended testicles, it was discovered that all of his abdominal organs are stuck to each other and to the walls of his abdomen by adhesions. We are looking at a different kind of surgery with another surgeon to find and remove the testicles now, and we've been told if that goes ok, our little Harvey should be ok from here on out.

 

But I see articles about such adhesions causing pain and even bowel obstructions later in life.

 

Has anyone ever had anything like this in one of their dogs, do you know the cause of the adhesions, and how did the dog do as the years went by?

Edited June 27, 2014 by SusanP

[MP_the4pack]

I can't help at all with your little guy. But I had a friend with endometriosis, which she said was adhesions. And she was in chronic pain. So all I can do is guess that if humans feel pain, then animals would too. But they probably won't tell us.

[Guest SusanP]

Thanks, MP_the4pack...He's so scrappy and active and happy there is no sign of pain at this point--I'm mostly worrying about the future. The vet was honestly shocked at the situation in his gut. We're sort of reeling over the news, here.