Analysis of clinical and perioperative findings in 576 horses subjected to surgical treatment of colic
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
Colic was treated surgically in 545 horses (in total 576 treatments). Twenty-seven horses were subjected to surgery twice and two horses three times. In total 205 animals died or were euthanised. Ileus of the small intestine was diagnosed in 267 cases, affection of the large colon in 239, lesion of the small colon in 22, lesion of the caecum in 19, and affection of stomach and rectum in four and one cases, respectively. In 14 animals lesions were located at two different sites of the gastrointestinal tract. In four horses the cause of colic was located outside the gastrointestinal tract. Three animals were affected by diffuse peritonitis. No gastrointestinal lesion could be identified during surgery in three horses with recurrent colic. The most common causes of small intestine ileus included incarceration in inguinal hernia, hernia of the omental foramen and anterior enteritis. The most common caecal disorder was acute constipation/dysfunction. Frequent causes of the large colon colic were torsion, left and right dorsal displacements. The small colon was most often affected by focal obstruction/constipation. Surgical treatment of colic of the small intestine, caecum, large colon, and small colon was successful in 59.6%, 36.8%, 73.3%, and 63.6% of the cases, respectively.
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