PubMed · 1820233
Standing musculoskeletal surgery.
Abstract
Indications for performing orthopedic surgery on the standing horse include inability to tolerate general anesthesia, risk of worsening an injury during recovery from anesthesia, and cost. The surgeon should be aware that performing surgery in the standing horse can be more demanding and require more experience than the same procedures when the time and convenience of general anesthesia are available. Improved sedatives and analgesics have allowed more latitude because the horses now are more tolerant than when older agents were used. Common sense should be applied to each situation before the decision is made to do a procedure, because every horse and problem is unique.
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K E Sullins. 1991. Standing musculoskeletal surgery.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0749-0739(17)30494-7
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