Risk factors for wound infection following celiotomy in horses

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 78-81

  Honnas, Clifford M ^a   Cohen, Noah D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; POLYGLACTIN;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; CHEMISTRY; HORSE; INTESTINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL INFECTION; SUTURE;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; ASCITIC FLUID; FIBRINOGEN; HORSES; INTESTINES; LOGISTIC MODELS; POLYGLACTIN 910; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURES;

EID: 0030639032     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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