Intermittent At-Home Suctioning of Esophageal Content for Prevention of Recurrent Aspiration Pneumonia in 4 Dogs with Megaesophagus.

The article focuses on megaesophagus research examining the efficacy of intermediate esophageal suctioning for preventing regurgitation and aspiration pneumonia (AP) associated with megaesophagus. It states four dogs with acquired idiopathic megaesophagus and recurrent AP had intermittent suctioning of the esophagus initiated after a strict gastrostomy feeding tube failed to prevent regurgitation resulting in repeated episodes of AP. It mentions the dogs survived for a range of 10 to 30 months.