SURGICAL-TREATMENT OF COMPLETE THROMBOSIS OF THE JUGULAR-VEIN IN A HORSE WITH A SYNTHETIC VASCULAR GRAFT

Authors
WIEMER P UGAHARY F
Citation
P. Wiemer et F. Ugahary, SURGICAL-TREATMENT OF COMPLETE THROMBOSIS OF THE JUGULAR-VEIN IN A HORSE WITH A SYNTHETIC VASCULAR GRAFT, Tijdschrift voor diergeneeskunde, 123(2), 1998, pp. 40-44
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Tijdschrift voor diergeneeskunde → ACNP
ISSN journal
00407453
Volume
123
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
40 - 44
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-7453(1998)123:2<40:SOCTOT>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A 6-year-old trotter gelding presented with exercise intolerance and s welling of the left side of the head during exercise and grazing. The complaints were caused by a complete thrombosis of the left jugular ve in. In this case report a surgical approach is described in which a by pass was created with a synthetic vascular graft. After treatment the horse was capable of racing at his former level. The patency of the sy nthetic graft was 11 months.