Endoscopic and ultrasound diagnostics as contemporary method in diagnostics of dog stomach diseases

The visualization of pathological processes in the dog stomach determines a correct diagnosis or differential diagnosis, which presents the basic prerequisite for rational therapy. In addition to the conventional type of clinical examination which covers the taking of anamnestic data, observation of the patient and laboratory tests, there are also certain computerized diagnostic methods (magnetic resonance and scanner) which are the most precise and most reliable in the verification of stomach diseases. However, the listed approaches are either insufficiently relevant in making the diagnosis or are too expensive and demanding for the everyday clinical practice. These are the reasons why veterinary medicine today increasingly resorts to the use of other forms of imaging diagnostics, and, as its representatives, the video endoscopic, ultrasound and X-ray examination of the digestive tract.
Vizualizacija patoloških procesa na želucu pasa i postavljanje pravilne dijagnoze ili diferencijalne dijagnoze predstavlja osnovni preduslov za racionalnu terapiju. Pored klasičnog načina kliničkog pregleda koji obuhvata uzimanje anamnestičkih podataka, opservaciju pacijenta i labaratorijske analize, postoje i određene kompjuterizovane dijagnostičke metode (magnetna rezonanca i skener) koje su najpreciznije i najpouzdanije u verifikovanju oboljenja želuca. Međutim, navedeni pristupi su previse skupi i zahtevni za svakodnevnu kliničku praksu. Iz tih razloga danas se u savremenoj veterinarskoj medicini sve vise koriste drugi vidovi „imidžing" dijagnostike, a kao njeni reprezenti video-endoskopski, ultrazvučni i rendgenski pregled digestivnog trakta.