Complications of abdominocentesis in the horse
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- 1 February 1983
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) in Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
- Vol. 182 (3) , 232-233
- https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.1983.182.03.232
Abstract
SUMMARY: Two serious complications, perforation or laceration of a distended viscus in 2 horses and abdominal wall cellulitis in 2 horses, resulted from needle abdominocentesis during a 2-year period in which 850 peritoneal fluid analyses were performed. The complication proved fatal in 3 horses; in the other, extensive and prolonged therapy was required.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: