title: [Displacement and resection of the ascending colon in the horse: a literature review on the basis of 2 cases].
abstract: A review of displacements and surgery of the large colon is given on the basis of two cases. A four-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare was referred, one week before foaling, for colic of twelve hours duration. At rectal palpation a large uterus was found, but no cause for the colic. Laparotomy revealed a colonic volvulus and resection of about 75% of the large colon was necessary. A dead foal was born five days postoperatively, but the mare recovered well. A nine year-old Dutch Warmblood stallion with a history of frequent colic had been treated for nephrosplenic entrapment three times. Resection of the left part of the colon was performed successfully to prevent another entrapment.
authors.affiliation: Vakgroep Inwendige Ziekten en Voeding der Grote Huisdieren, Utrecht.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Oosterbaan
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: van der Velden
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003109:Colonic Diseases, Functional / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006736:Horses; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D014102:Torsion Abnormality
vernacular_title: Liggingsveranderingen en resectie van het colon ascendens bij het paard: een literatuuroverzicht aan de hand van twee patienten.