Colic Surgery: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Many of today’s young riders will likely grow up with the notion that colic surgery is just another procedure their horses might undergo if the need arises. But it wasn’t long ago that such an undertaking was viewed largely “as a last resort, a prologue to an imminent death,” said David E. Freeman, MVB, MRCVS, PhD, Dipl. ACVS. So how and why have horse owners’ and veterinarians’ attitudes toward colic surgery changed?

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