Complications of abdominocentesis in the horse

Tulleners, E.P.

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 182(3): 232-234

1983


ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1488
PMID: 6826444
Document Number: 213214
Two serious complications, perforation or laceration of a distended viscus in two horses and abdominal wall cellulitis in two horses, resulted fom needle abdominocentesis during a 2-year period in which 850 peritoneal fluid analyses were performed. The complication proved fatal in three horses; in the other, extensive and prolonged therapy was required.

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