Neodymium:Yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser ablation of a urethral web to relieve urinary outflow obstruction in a horse

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 218, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1970-1972

  Blikslager, Anthony T ^a   Tate Jr , Lloyd P ^a   Jones, Samuel L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HYSTEROSCOPY; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; URETHRA; URETHRA OBSTRUCTION;

ANIMALS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYSTEROSCOPY; LASER SURGERY; MALE; URETHRA; URETHRAL OBSTRUCTION; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0035877844     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2001.218.1970     Document Type: Article

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