Surgery: Short‐ and long‐term evaluation of surgical treatment of strangulating obstructions of the small intestine in horses: A review of 224 cases??

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 109-115

  van den Boom, R ^a   van der Velden, M A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colic; Equine; Horse; Small intestine; Strangulating; Surgical

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COLIC; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; COLIC; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035404196     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.2001.9695095     Document Type: Article

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