Failure of holmium:Yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser lithotripsy in two horses with calculi in the urinary bladder

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 219, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 957-961

  May, Kimberly A ^a,c   Pleasant, R Scott ^a   Howard, Rick D ^a   Moll, H David ^b   Duesterdieck, Katja F ^a   MacAllister, Charles G ^b   Bartels, Kenneth E ^b  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Surgi Care Center for Horses   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLADDER STONE; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; MALE; TREATMENT FAILURE; URINARY BLADDER CALCULI;

EID: 0040331677     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2001.219.957     Document Type: Article

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