Evaluation of the Harmonic Scalpel for Laparoscopic Bilateral Ovariectomy in Standing Horses

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 242-250

  Düsterdieck, Katja F ^a   Pleasant, R Scott ^b   Lanz, Otto I ^b   Saunders, Geoffrey ^b   Howard, Rick D ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; FEVER; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEMOSTASIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE; INFLAMMATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCALPEL; SCAR FORMATION; SEROMA; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TISSUE REACTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BODY POSTURE; EVALUATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LASER SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HORSES; LAPAROSCOPY; LASER SURGERY; OVARIECTOMY; POSTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042767975     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jvet.2003.50022     Document Type: Article

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