Gallbladder Mucocele: Variables Associated with Outcome and the Utility of Ultrasonography to Identify Gallbladder Rupture in 219 Dogs (2007-2016).
Jared A JaffeyA GrahamE VanEerdeE HostnikW AlvarezJ ArangoC JacobsA E DeCluePublished in: Journal of veterinary internal medicine (2017)
Dogs in our study with GBM and intraoperative evidence of gallbladder rupture and bile peritonitis had a significantly higher risk of death. Additionally, abdominal ultrasonography had low sensitivity for identification of gallbladder rupture.