New Perspectives in Postoperative Complications After Abdominal Surgery

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Equine Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 341-350

  Klohnen, Andreas ^a  

^a Chino Valley Equine Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Colic surgery; Postoperative ileus; Postoperative incisional complications; Postoperative signs of colic

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CATHETERIZATION; COLIC; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ILEUS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

ANIMALS; BANDAGES; CATHETERIZATION; COLIC; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; ILEUS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 67649566112     PISSN: 07490739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cveq.2009.05.003     Document Type: Review

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