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- Title
Laryngeal fistula formation after laryngoplasty in two Warmblood mares.
- Authors
Bienert-Zeit, A.; Roetting, A.; Reichert, C.; Ohnesorge, B.
- Abstract
Recurrent laryngeal neuropathy usually results in left-sided laryngeal hemiparesis or hemiplegia and is one of the most common problems of the upper respiratory tract in equids. There are multiple methods of management, and the laryngoplasty procedure is still the most common surgical treatment. Different nonabsorbable suture materials and techniques are used for laryngoplasty. Post surgical complications are not uncommon. Of these complications, coughing is the most common. The following case report describes diagnosis and treatment of 2 horses with chronic coughing after laryngoplasty due to infection at the surgical site and laryngeal fistula formation. In both horses an elastic material (probably Lycra) had been used as part of the prosthesis implant. This material had deteriorated into multiple small pieces making removal difficult, and therefore use of this material for a laryngoplasty procedure should be avoided.
- Subjects
LARYNGOPLASTY; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; SURGICAL complications
- Publication
Equine Veterinary Education, 2014, Vol 26, Issue 2, p88
- ISSN
0957-7734
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/eve.12066