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[RC] Oral fistulas - Dyane Smith


On Tuesday, July 22, 2003 6:40 PM,  "Susan Garlinghouse, DVM"
<suendavid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on the subject of sialoliths:



 If it were my horse, I'd just have that puppy cut outta there once and

for

all.  The primary complication discussed is a fistula if the gland duct
isn't closed up properly (a fistula is just kinda like a balloon forming
from liquid that has nowhere else to go).  So, just make sure the vet

doing

the procedure is a surgeon that knows that. :-)


Is there any other way a horse could get an oral fistula?  Is there any
treatment?  My 25 yr. old gelding, Suni, has a fistula that suddenly
appeared in the very back of his jaw behind the rearmost molars, where the
jaw hinges (inside the mouth).  No one can figure out where it came from or
what to do about it.  I took him to Davis, they did x-rays and a CT scan and
decided not to do surgery because of the location.

Basically, I'm very fine with no surgery, but what is the treatment?

Dyane


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