Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with breathing trouble after surgery fixed by arytenoid cartilage
By Doran, Ivan & White, Robert N·Published in Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association·2009·Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, United Kingdom·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Successful surgical treatment of a suspected iatrogenic arytenoid cartilage fracture in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
A 3-year-old female golden retriever suddenly had trouble breathing after undergoing anesthesia for a surgery. A vet found that a part of her larynx, called the arytenoid cartilage, was fractured and causing her breathing problems. To fix this, the vet performed a specific surgery that helped stabilize the cartilage. After the surgery, the dog showed no more breathing issues during a follow-up check-up seven months later.
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Abstract
A 3-year-old, intact female golden retriever was presented with a sudden onset of inspiratory obstructive dyspnea following general anesthesia to perform a mastectomy. The cuneiform process of the left arytenoid cartilage was found to be extremely mobile on laryngeal examination. Fracture of the cuneiform process of the left arytenoid cartilage was diagnosed. A combined cricoarytenoid and thyroarytenoid caudolateralization procedure was performed on the left side, and no further dyspnea was observed during a follow-up period of 7 months. Fracture of the cuneiform process of the arytenoid cartilage has not been previously reported in dogs. The condition may respond favorably to cricoarytenoid and thyroarytenoid caudolateralization surgery.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19570901/