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Electrohydraulic Lithotripsy for Treatment of a Cystic Calculus in a Mare
Author(s) -
MacHARG MARGARET A.,
FOERNER JOSEPH J.,
PHILLIPS THOMAS N.,
BARCLAY WILLIAM P.,
McCRACKEN REBECCA J.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
veterinary surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1532-950X
pISSN - 0161-3499
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-950x.1985.tb00896.x
Subject(s) - medicine , calculus (dental) , lithotripsy , surgery , dentistry
Electrohydraulic lithotripsy performed through a nephroscope was used to fragment an ammonium urate, triple phosphate calculus in a mare. Calculus fragments were lavaged from the bladder. The mare recovered uneventfully and returned to work on the eighth postoperative day.