Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with swallowing trouble cured by double muscle surgery
By Langlois, Daniel K et al.Ā·Published in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienneĀ·2014Ā·Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, United StatesĀ·View original on PubMed ā
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Original publication title: Successful treatment of cricopharyngeal dysphagia with bilateral myectomy in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
An 8-month-old golden retriever and standard poodle mix was having trouble swallowing, a condition known as cricopharyngeal dysphagia. After the first surgery to fix the problem didn't work, the dog had a second surgery where both sides of the throat muscles were removed. This time, the surgery was successful, and the dog was able to swallow normally right away.
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Abstract
An 8-month-old golden retriever/standard poodle mixed breed dog was diagnosed with cricopharyngeal dysphagia and possibly asynchrony. After failing standard unilateral cricopharyngeal myectomy, the dog underwent a second surgery to completely resect the contralateral musculature resulting in immediate and complete resolution of clinical signs. Bilateral myectomy can be considered for dogs with cricopharyngeal dysphagia that fail unilateral myectomy.
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