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Umbilical cord remnant abscess in a yearling colt
C Collatos1, V B Reef, D W Richardson
1Department of Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania, Kennett Square 19348.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
|November 1, 1989
Abstract:
An abscess of the external umbilical remnant and umbilical vein remnant was diagnosed in a 16-month-old colt, using ultrasonography. Because of the colt's size, primary closure of the surgical incision after umbilical cord resection was not complete. Vertical mattress stainless steel sutures and stents were used, and healing was by second intention. Intervening gas-filled viscera made it impossible to visualize ultrasonographically the bladder of umbilical artery remnants in a colt of this age.