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How to deal with complications of laryngeal surgery
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Recurrent laryngeal neuropathy (RLN), failed prosthetic laryngoplasty, arytenoid chondritis and non-RLN laryngeal collapse are the most common causes of laryngeal obstruction. Most horses with the first three obstructive diseases are treated with either laryngoplasty or partial arytenoidectomy. Although well established with good success rates for these procedures [1–5], complications do occur and are the focus of this short paper [6–8]. Equine laryngeal surgery is associated with intraoperative complications such as:
• haemorrhage associated with laceration of the linguofacial vein or caudal laryngeal vein/artery;
• penetration of the isthmus of the oesophagus over the muscular process;
• penetration of the oesophagus as it courses over the cricoid cartilage;
• failure of obtaining desired abduction ...
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Department of Clinical Sciences at Cornell University Hospital for Animals, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University,
Ithaca, New York 14853 and Cornell Ruffian Equine Specialists (CRES), 111 Plainfield Ave, Elmont, New York 11003, USA.
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