Prevention and treatment of gastrointestinal adhesions

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Equine Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 741-763

  Eggleston, Randall B ^a   Mueller, P O Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CISAPRIDE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HEPARIN; LIDOCAINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NEOSTIGMINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLIN G POTASSIUM; PROKINETIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HORSE; NONHUMAN; OMENTUM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERITONEUM ADHESION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ABDOMEN; ADHESION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; HORSE DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; SALMONELLA;

ABDOMEN; ADHESIONS; ANIMALS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 1842539562     PISSN: 07490739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cveq.2003.08.014     Document Type: Review

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