What is an Abdominal Exploratory?
An abdominal exploratory is a surgical procedure involving the opening of the abdominal cavity to examine every organ in the abdomen for abnormalities.
These surgeries are sometimes necessary to collect biopsy material, remove a tumor from an organ, repair a hernia, or to retrieve a foreign body from the intestines.
Possible Candidates for Abdominal Exploratory Surgery may include:
- Animals with vomiting or diarrhea
- Animals with tumors in any abdominal organ
- Animals that have ingested a foreign body
- Animals with bite wounds or gunshot wounds that may have penetrated the abdomen which may have caused injury to internal organs
- Animals that have other nonspecific signs of illness in combination with other test results that may indicate a problem with an organ.
