Laparoscopic obliteration of the nephrosplenic space using polypropylene mesh in five horses

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 431-437

  Epstein, Kira L ^a,b   Parente, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

POLYPROPYLENE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COLON DISEASE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; COLONIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; POLYPROPYLENES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747866374     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2006.00171.x     Document Type: Article

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