Instrument associated complication of a laparoscopic ovariectomy |
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| Authors: | M S Madron S S Caston A K Tracey K D Kersh |
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| Institution: | Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Iowa, USA. |
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| Abstract: | The case reported here describes the retrieval of the end of a pair of laparoscopic forceps that became separated from the instrument shaft during a laparoscopic ovariectomy. This case details the procedures used to locate and remove the foreign body from the abdominal cavity. No complications associated with the intra‐abdominal foreign body occurred and the mare was discharged the following day. |
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| Keywords: | horse instrument ovariectomy laparoscopic complications |
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