Analysis of therapeutic results and complications after colic surgery in 434 horses
2008
Mezerova, J.,Veterinarni a Farmaceuticka Univ., Brno (Czech Republic). Fakulta Veterinarniho Lekarstvi | Zert, Z.,Veterinarni a Farmaceuticka Univ., Brno (Czech Republic). Fakulta Veterinarniho Lekarstvi | Kabes, R.,Veterinarni a Farmaceuticka Univ., Brno (Czech Republic). Fakulta Veterinarniho Lekarstvi | Ottova, L.,Veterinarni a Farmaceuticka Univ., Brno (Czech Republic). Fakulta Veterinarniho Lekarstvi
Out of the total number of 434 horses that underwent colic surgery, small intestine was operated in 44.9% patients, caecum in 2.3% horses, large colon surgery was performed in 45.2% cases and small colon surgery in 3.2% horses. In 12 patients two different parts of the gastrointestinal tract were affected simultaneously, one horse suffered from peritonitis, torsion of the uterus developed in two mares and three animals had negative surgical finding. In total 371 horses survived. Forty-three patients that underwent one surgery did not survive the immediate postoperative period. The most frequent lethal complications in horses following the small intestinal surgery included peritonitis and paralytic ileus. In horses with large colon problems it was typhlocolitis. Relaparotomy was indicated in 9.4% cases that recovered from colic surgery, 51.2% of relaparotomised colic patients were released from the clinic.
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