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- Title
Transient Horner's syndrome in horses following cervical plexus local anesthesia.
- Authors
Pearce, Duncan J.; Raffetto, Jennifer; Vallance, Stuart A.
- Abstract
Objective: To report the development of transient Horner's syndrome in horses following local anesthesia of the cervical plexus. Animals: A total of 37 horses. Study design: Observational retrospective short case series. Methods: Medical records of cases undergoing ultrasound‐guided cervical plexus anesthesia for standing prosthetic laryngoplasty at a single referral institution were evaluated (2019–2020). Results: Five of 37 horses (14%) developed transient signs of Horner's syndrome postoperatively. Obvious clinical signs began 2 to 5 h following local anesthesia and persisted for two to 4 h. Profuse unilateral sweating of the head and upper neck was the most apparent clinical sign. Conclusion: Transient clinical signs of Horner's syndrome were seen following unilateral local anesthesia of the cervical plexus. Long‐term adverse sequelae were not observed.
- Subjects
CERVICAL plexus; HORNER syndrome; LOCAL anesthesia; HORSES; SYMPTOMS
- Publication
Veterinary Surgery, 2024, Vol 53, Issue 4, p642
- ISSN
0161-3499
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/vsu.14053