Regional Veterinary Surgery

TREATMENT

• Foreign body can be removed with forceps .
• If the foreign body is buried deep within the tissue, general anaesthesia, routine surgical preparation of the site, and an incision in adjacent healthy skin or mucous membrane to remove the object.
• The wound is then gently flushed with warm sterile saline, the skin or mucous membrane incision is closed . Small opening should be left open for drainage.
• Post operatively antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs are indicated for 5 days . Oral antiseptic gel and soft light food till wound heals.