Surgical Complications of Colic Surgery

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Equine Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 515-534

  Dukti, Sarah ^a   White, Nathaniel ^a  

^a MARION DUPONT SCOTT EQUINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colic; Complications; Horse; Laparotomy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; COLIC; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LAPAROTOMY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ANIMALS; COLIC; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 59449084677     PISSN: 07490739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cveq.2008.09.002     Document Type: Review

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