New Lease on Life with the NewTom
Fuzzy, a blue heeler, first came to see Dr. Dan Jordan with chronic swelling of the upper mandible. Over the course of his 11 years, Fuzzy’s owner had taken him to a number of veterinarians, but no one had an answer. He had been treated numerous times for a presumptive tooth abscess. Jordan, however, was able to give his client an answer in a matter of seconds.
It was Jordan’s investment in the NewTom 5G six months earlier that really paid off for Fuzzy and his owner. When dental radiographs didn’t reveal any tooth root abscesses, Jordan did a spiral CT of Fuzzy’s skull. The NewTom images clearly showed a congenital cyst that had been plaguing Fuzzy all his life. Jordan was able to go in and surgically remove it. And Fuzzy did just great.
What helped Jordan make the diagnosis so quickly? The NewTom’s computerized cone beam tomography gave him a 360-degree view in 18 seconds. With just one revolution around his patient, the NewTom created a 3D data set for Jordan to act on and share with his client.
“The images were just so dramatic. We could never have determined that with conventional radiology,” said Jordan, owner of the Animal Medical Center of the Village in Houston, Texas. “My client was so happy to finally get a diagnosis for her dog. I gave the images to my client and she showed them to all her friends, saying ‘Look what Dr. Jordan did!’”
While Jordan sees the full spectrum of pets, about 60 percent of his business is exotics. With any companion animal, being under anesthesia for a fraction of the time is clearly a benefit for the patient. And getting the complete picture not only helps veterinarians make a diagnosis more quickly, but also helps doctors communicate more easily with clients.
The NewTom is an excellent diagnostic tool for all companion animals and is especially good for smaller patients. Jordan’s practice specializes in exotics, thanks to his mother, who started breeding parrots in the early 1980s. “When I first graduated from vet school, my mom started breeding birds. This was before the Internet, so if she had questions, I had to look it up in a textbook or ask colleagues. It was a steep learning curve, but I grew from that.”
54 pattersontoday | Spring 2016
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