Comparison of a continous suture pattern with a simple interrupted pattern for enteric closure in dogs and cats: 83 cases (1991-1997)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 214, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1507-1510

  Weisman, Debra L ^a   Smeak, Daniel D ^a   Birchard, Stephen J ^a   Zweigart, Suzanne L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; INTESTINE TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; CATS; DOGS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREIGN BODIES; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; INTESTINE, SMALL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033561835     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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