Regional Veterinary Surgery

TREATMENT

• Treatment may entail both medical and surgical modalities but opening and draining the guttural pouch is the only successful method of treatment for the accumulated pus.
• Medical treatment includes lavage of the guttural pouch with saline solution and administration of systemic antibiotic is an initial step in therapeutic management.
• Antiseptic inhalation, which may be of some use in a recent case by reducing  inflammation of mucous membrane. The passage of Gunther’s catheter to evacuate the fluid contents and to enable the cavity to be irrigated with an antiseptic lotion introduced through the catheter by means of a syringe.
• Surgery may be carried out if medical therapy is unsuccessful or if the material within the guttural pouch is inspissated.