Long-term survey of laryngoplasty and ventriculocordectomy in an older, mixed-breed population of 200 horses. Part 2: Owners' assessment of the value of surgery

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 397-401

  Dixon, P M ^a   McGorum, B C ^a   Railton, D I ^a   Hawe, C ^a   Tremaine, W H ^a   Dacre, K ^a   McCann, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment of laryngoplasty; Equine laryngeal paralysis; Horse; Laryngoplasty

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; LARYNGOPLASTY; LONG TERM CARE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTRICULOCORDECTOMY; WORKLOAD;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; EXERTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0242366738     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516403776014217     Document Type: Review

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