GRAVITY-ASSISTED ESOPHAGEAL TRANSIT CHARACTERISTICS IN DOGS WITH MEGAESOPHAGUS

摘要

Treatment of megaesophagus (ME) often relies on feedings in a vertical position. Little is known about the behavior of food material in the esophagus during transit to the stomach in dogs with ME. The aims of our project were to standardize a contrastvideo fluoroscopy technique to evaluate esophageal transit time in dogs with ME while sitting in a vertical position, and to use this information to determine an appropriate duration an individual patient with ME should remain vertical after drinking and feeding.