Rectal packing as initial management of grade 3 rectal tears Academic Article

abstract

• Grade 3 rectal tears were created in 14 horses. Epidural anaesthesia was maintained in all horses for 8 h post injury. In seven horses with cotton filled stockinette packing the rectum, neither gross faecal contamination nor progression of the rectal tear occurred. Seven horses without rectal packing developed faecal contamination of the rectal tear with formation of a faeces filled serosal or mesorectal diverticulum. 1989 EVJ Ltd

authors

• Watkins, Jeffrey

published proceedings

• Equine veterinary journal. Supplement

author list (cited authors)

• BAIRD, A. N., TAYLOR, T. S., & WATKINS, J. P.

citation count

• 12

complete list of authors

• BAIRD, AN||TAYLOR, TS||WATKINS, JP

publication date

• January 1989

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• Equine Veterinary Journal  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Feces
• Female
• Horse Diseases
• Horses
• Male
• Rectal Diseases
• Rectum
• Surgery, Veterinary
• Tampons, Surgical

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1989.tb05670.x

start page

• 121

end page

• 123

volume

• 21

issue

• S7

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2042-3306.1989.tb05670.x