Long-term outcome after colic surgery: retrospective study of 106 horses in the USA (2014-2021).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine long-term survival rate, defined as survival to 1 year after discharge from the hospital, and rate of return to prior athletic, breeding, or other function in horses undergoing colic surgery at the first presentation at one referral hospital in the Pacific northwest region of the United States.

Procedures

Records were reviewed for all horses that underwent colic surgery between October 2014 and October 2021. Owners of horses that survived to discharge were contacted to obtain follow-up information via internet-based questionnaire or telephone interview. The percentage of horses that survived to 1 year after discharge, rates of return to function, and complications occurring after hospital discharge were determined. The possible association of patient s

SUBMITTER: Matthews LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10582563 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature