Comparison of biofragmentable anastomosis ring and sutured anastomoses for subtotal colectomy in cats with idiopathic megacolon

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 740-748

  Ryan, Stewart ^a   Seim, Howard ^a   MacPhail, Catriona ^a   Bright, Ron ^a   Monnet, Eric ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COLON; COLON RESECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MEGACOLON; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; SUTURING METHOD; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COLECTOMY; COLON; FEMALE; MALE; MEGACOLON; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33845388612     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2006.00218.x     Document Type: Article

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