University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Treatment (cont)
–Refractory
cases may require general anesthesia
•Pass cuffed endotracheal tube into esophagus
then nasogastric tube
•Lavage
with water keeping horses head ventral to facilitate
drainage
•Gentle lavage to avoid esophageal rupture
–Surgical
Treatment (esophagostomy)
•Only
in severe case, stricture likely