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Originally Posted by katelin  Ditto. Please be sure of the diagnosis before you consider surgery. Recently heard of two little Yorkies who were diagnosed with a sonogram -- and neither one had liver shunt. Very sad and very unnecessary. |
Scintigraphy is the only way to properly diagnose a shunt. Ultrasounds are only 80% reliable best case according to Dr. Tobias. I believe Dr. Center estimates their reliability as low as 60%.
You can waste a lot of time and money with vets who don't know how to properly diagnose liver shunts.