Exploratory celiotomy for suspected urinary tract disruption in neonatal foals: A review of 18 cases
作者:
RAGAN ADAMS,
ANNE. M. KOTERBA,
T. C. CUDD,
W. A. BAKER,
期刊:
Equine Veterinary Journal
(WILEY Available online 1988)
卷期:
Volume 20,
issue 1
页码: 13-17
ISSN:0425-1644
年代: 1988
DOI:10.1111/j.2042-3306.1988.tb01443.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
SummaryThe medical records of 18 neonatal foals, in which exploratory celiotomies were performed for suspected urinary tract lesions, were reviewed. Despite clinical signs and laboratory values indicative of disruption of the urinary tract, three foals did not have a site of urinary tract leakage at surgery. Eight foals had ruptured bladders and seven foals had urachal lesions. Ultrasonography was used as a pre‐operative diagnostic procedure in eight foals to evaluate the presence of free peritoneal fluid and urinary tract integrity. Nine foals were alive six months after discharge. Seven of the nine non‐surviving foals died or were destroyed because of fungal or bacterial infecti
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