Syftet med studien var att få förståelse för Magomvridning hos hundar, dess riskfaktorer, symptom och möjliga behandlingar. Arbetet syftade även till att se om det fanns ett samband mellan utformningen av bröstkorgen och Magomvridning hos hundar samt att se vilka raser som är predisponerade för sjukdomen. Magomvridning är ett akut tillstånd som är direkt livshotande för hunden. Vid Magomvridning roterar magsäcken runt sin egen axel i varierande grad och förhindrar mat och vätska att passera till matstrupe och tarm. Blockeringen som följer fyller magen med gas som så småningom leder till svullnad.

The purpose of the study was to review the current veterinary literature regarding gastric dilatation and volvulus (GDV) considering pathophysiology and treatment, and to evaluate the operative technique (incisional gastropexy) used during the years 2005 and 2006 at the University Animal Hospital (Universitetsdjursjukhuset), SLU, Uppsala, Sweden. GDV has a complicated pathophysiology which foremost effects the circulatory system. Progress is often acute and it is not unusual that patients are affected with shock. The initial treatment targets to alleviate the shock by fluid therapy and decompression of the stomach. There is a high risk of recurrence in the long term perspective unless the stomach is surgically fixated by gastropexy. The study describes two different techniques for gastropexy; incisional gastropexy, and funduspexy. Long term complications were rare among the patients that were treated surgically, while about half out of the eighteen dogs that undergo surgery do experience complications of various severity in the short term..

The aim of this literature study was to give a clear picture of what gastric dilatation-volvulus is, and how the acute- and postoperative treatment and care is managed. The general aim is to support and help the veterinary technicians in their clinical work. Gastric dilatation volvulus is always an emergency. The primarily goal when these dogs are hospitalized is to establish an adequate cardiovascular function. This is done by immediate intravenous fluid therapy followed by decompression of the dilated stomach.