Complications Associated with the Implantation of Polypropylene Mesh in Dogs and Cats: A Retrospective Study of 21 Cases (1984-1996)

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 225-233

  Bowman, Kerri L T ^a,c   Birchard, Stephen J ^a   Bright, Ronald M ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS;

POLYPROPYLENE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; IMPLANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POLYPROPYLENES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032065965     PISSN: 05872871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/15473317-34-3-225     Document Type: Article

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