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How to prevent/deal with complications of epiglottic surgery
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Epiglottic surgery has the highest success rate [1] and the most frustrating debilitating complications [2,3]. This is likely because the aetiopathogenesis of the epiglottic conditions are largely unknown (except for subepiglottic cysts or iatrogenic trauma). In addition, the periepiglottic tissue is prone to swelling in response to trauma and the epiglottic cartilage is very sensitive to thermal/laser damage. Finally, structural integrity of the cartilage is not re-established during healing. Some of the complications are indeed a complication of chronic entrapment (Fig 1). These are not a feature of surgery yet are only revealed after the entrapment has been corrected. However, it may be predicted by observing a blunt shape of the tip of the entrapping membrane ...
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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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