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Evaluation of Recovery From Anesthesia in Horses After Enucleation Compared with Other Surgical Procedures

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L.M. Getman, K. Wegner, M.E. Utter

In: AAEP Annual Convention - Las Vegas, 2009 by American Association of Equine Practitioners
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DEC 09, 2009
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1. Introduction
In one report, horses undergoing ocular surgeries were at increased risk of experiencing poor anesthetic recoveries; however, this has not been our impression. Our objectives were to determine the recovery scores of horses undergoing enucleations and compare them with horses undergoing other surgeries. Our hypothesis is that horses undergoing enucleations would have similar recovery scores to those undergoing other surgeries.

2. Materials and Methods
Enucleations performed between 2006 and 2008 were included. Controls were matched on age, duration of anesthesia, surgery and recovery, anesthetic risk status (ASA category), surgery date, and anesthetist. Descriptors of the horse’s recovery were used to assign a recovery score from 1 to 5. Quality of match between cases and controls was evaluated for age, anesthesia, surgery, and recovery time using a Student’s t-test. Recovery scores were compared using a Mann-Whitney U test. Values of p < 0.05 were considered significant. [...]

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Department of Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 19348, USA

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