Health-related quality of life following surgical attenuation of congenital portosystemic shunts versus healthy controls

P Bristow, V Lipscomb, A Kummeling, R Packer, H Gerrits, K Homan, V Ortiz, K Newson, M Tivers

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    Abstract

    OBJECTIVES: To design a health-related quality of life questionnaire for dogs with congenital portosystemic shunts, use it in a cohort of dogs treated with suture attenuation and compare results with those obtained from a healthy control cohort.

    MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data were collected from the hospital records of dogs treated with suture ligation of an intrahepatic or extrahepatic congenital portosystemic shunt at two referral centres. Owners were asked to complete a questionnaire assessing their dog's health-related quality of life preoperatively (retrospectively) and at the time of follow-up. Owners of control dogs also completed the questionnaire.

    RESULTS: One hundred and twenty-eight dogs with congenital portosystemic shunts and 131 control dogs were recruited. Median follow-up time was 64 months (range 19.7 to 157.2). The median long-term health-related quality of life score was excellent for both intrahepatic and extrahepatic shunt cases and similar to that of control dogs. The long-term portosystemic shunt clinical sign scores for both intrahepatic and extrahepatic congenital portosystemic shunt dogs were significantly worse than the those of the control group.

    CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Suture attenuation of congenitial portosystemic shunts is associated with an excellent health-related quality of life score at long-term follow-up.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)21-26
    JournalJournal of Small Animal Practice
    Volume60
    Issue number1
    Early online date25 Sept 2018
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jan 2019

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