Evaluation of postoperative peritoneal lavage in standing horses for prevention of experimentally induced abdominal adhesions

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 122-126

  Hague, Brent A ^a   Honnas, Clifford M ^a   Berridge, Brian R ^a   Easter, J Lane ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; HORSE; JEJUNUM; JEJUNUM DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZATION;

ADHESIONS; ANIMALS; HORSES; JEJUNAL DISEASES; JEJUNUM; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0032014771     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.1998.tb00107.x     Document Type: Review

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