2023 journal article

Retrospective analysis of postoperative complications following surgical treatment of ileal impaction in horses managed with manual decompression compared to jejunal enterotomy

FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE, 10.

By: J. Ruff n, S. Zetterstrom*, L. Boone *, E. Hofmeister *, C. Smith *, K. Epstein *, A. Blikslager n , C. Fogle n , M. Burke n 

author keywords: colic; ileum; impaction; enterotomy; manual decompression
TL;DR: It was showed that there were no significant differences in post-operative complications and survival to discharge in horses undergoing distal jejunal enterotomy versus manual decompression for correction of ileal impaction, and pre-operative PCV and duration of surgery were found to be the only predictive factors of survival to discharged. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: May 22, 2023

ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to compare the occurrence of post-operative complications and survival to discharge in horses with ileal impactions resolved by manual decompression compared with jejunal enterotomy.