Successfully cured feline stomatitis and without tooth extraction in a tabby female cat - a case report
Xiao-Fei (the name means “little chubby”) is a 6-year-old tabby female cat with stomatitis. Stomatitis caused her loss of appetite, oral pain, swelling, depression, screamed and scratched her mouth constantly while eating, and the symptoms did not improve after given steroids and analgesic drugs, so the owner took her to my hospital for evaluation and was conducted the Dr. Chung-Wei Chen’s original "Mucogingival Replacement Surgery" (MGRS) treatment course for animals, and participated in the research program " Effects of Vitamin D on Autophagy Responses in Mucositis" by Dr. Chung-Wei Chen and Kaohsiung Medical University (KMU).
After 9 months and 9 days of MGRS treatment, Xiao-Fei’s stomatitis has been completely cured, did not do any tooth extraction during the treatment, and no longer need to use medicines to control the condition; now she eat a normal diet, restore good quality of life, and weight increased from 4.15kg (9 lbs) to 4.9kg (10.8 lbs). My hospital will continue to follow up the oral condition of each patient.
Characteristics of Mucogingival Replacement Surgery (MGRS): *This treatment can completely cure feline stomatitis, without recurrence. *Stomatitis can be treated without tooth extraction. *Cats who have completed this treatment do not need long-term medication to control the symptoms of stomatitis, and can maintain a normal life and diet.
