Observational (n=17)
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Pelvic flexure biopsy may reflect uniform colonic injury in torsion; leaves open whether histology reliably guides resection in equine cases.
This report describes the evaluation of uniformity of morphological injury of the large colon following severe colonic torsion in 17 horses presented to the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. In 16 horses, twist occurred at the colonic base and in 1 at the sternal and diaphragmatic flexure. Eleven of the 17 horses were subjected to euthanasia at surgery and 6 of 17 following surgical correction within 4 days postoperatively. The objective of this study was to determine if the degree of histological changes present at the pelvic flexure were uniformly distributed throughout the regions of the colon involved in cases of severe colonic torsion.
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Hoogmoed et al. (2000) conducted an observational in Severe colonic torsion (n=17). Severe colonic torsion was evaluated on Uniformity of histological changes present at the pelvic flexure distributed throughout the regions of the colon involved.
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