title: [Surgical treatment of an obliterating thrombosis of the jugular vein in a horse. Use of synthetic vessel prosthesis].
abstract: A 6-year-old trotter gelding presented with exercise intolerance and swelling of the left side of the head during exercise and grazing. The complaints were caused by a complete thrombosis of the left jugular vein. In this case report a surgical approach is described in which a bypass was created with a synthetic vascular graft. After treatment the horse was capable of racing at his former level. The patency of the synthetic graft was 11 months.
authors.affiliation: Ziekenhuis Rivierenland te Tiel afdeling heelkunde/vaatchirurgie.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wiemer
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ugahary
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000662:veterinary*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006736:Horses; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D012008:Recurrence; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene
vernacular_title: Chirurgische behandeling van een oblitererende trombose van de vena jugularis van een paard. Gebruik van een synthetische vaatprothese.