2023.03.02新增 1歲10個月的母黑貓以牙齦黏膜置換手術(MGRS)治癒口炎(FCGS)，沒有拔牙！ 2023.03.02 New patient: a 1 year and 10 months old female black cat was cured of feline chronic gingivostomatitis (FCGS) by Mucogingival Replacement Surgery (MGRS) without extraction 黑嚕嚕是一隻混種母黑貓，有皰疹病毒(Feline Herpesvirus, FPV)帶原，由台北的友院介紹飼主帶來本院接受陳重威醫師的牙齦黏膜置換手術 (Mucogingival Replacement Surgery, MGRS)，開始治療時是1歲6個月，牙齦黏膜置換手術(MGRS)療程結束時1歲10個月。
2023.03.02 New patient: a 1 year and 10 months old female black cat was cured of feline chronic gingivostomatitis (FCGS) by Mucogingival Replacement Surgery (MGRS) without extraction
“Hei-Lu-Lu”(the word mean ”pitch black”) is a mixed breed female balck cat and she is a carrier of Feline Herpesvirus (FPV), the owner came to our hospital to receive Mucogingival Replacement Surgery (MGRS) by Dr. Chung-Wei Chen (Richard Chen) after being introduced by an animal hospital in Taipei, she was 1 year and 6 months at the start of treatment and 1 year and 10 months at the end of MGRS.
The patient had severe feline chronic gingivostomatitis (FCGS) before the age of 2 years, which is rare, the red and swollen area spread from the snout, sublingual area to the oropharynx, the patient suffered from loss of appetite, drooling, shedding, and weight loss due to the pain, because she will be bullied by other cats in the family, she often hides and is unwilling to approach people.
Because the owner wants to keep the teeth, we decided to use MGRS to treat the patient, after 4 months of treatment, her FCGS has been completely cured, and Dr. Chung-Wei Chen (Dr. Richard Chen) managed to keep all her teeth without extraction, she has grown beautiful black long hair again, has a good appetite, the weight has increased from 2.35kg to 3.1kg, and she began to be close to people, she is now able to lead a normal life and does not need medication to maintain her condition after recovery.
We are very grateful to this animal hospital in Taipei, they introduced patients to our hospital for treatment.
Feline chronic gingivostomatitis (FCGS) is one of the common oral diseases in cats. The main symptoms are:
The gingiva and oral mucosa are red, swollen, ulcers or hyperplasia. All soft tissues in the mouth, including the gingiva and all parts of the oral mucosa (including buccal, lingual, sublingual and oropharynx, etc.), will have redness, ulceration or hyperplasia.
Cats will lose their appetite or even refuse to eat because of mouth pain, or they will keep shaking their heads and scratching their mouths with their front feet when eating and drinking.
The patient's saliva usually has a peculiar smell, even putrefactive odor, due to ulcers.
At present, the most common treatments are long-acting steroid injections or oral steroids, combined with antibiotics, and tooth extraction, etc., but the effect of individual treatment varies greatly, furthermore, tooth extraction will likely cause the cat's oral cavity to collapse and alveolar bone loss. They need lifelong medication and can't stop it.
Dr. Chung-Wei Chen's original Mucogingival Replacement Surgery (MGRS) aims to solve the above-mentioned sequelae and difficulties in the treatment of stomatitis, and make cats with FCGS no longer need to take medicine for a long time after recovery, and return to the normal life they had before the illness.
