TY - JOUR
T1 - Epiglottic augmentation for treatment of dorsal displacement of the soft palate in racehorses
T2 - 59 cases (1985-1994)
AU - Tulleners, Eric
AU - Stick, John A.
AU - Leitch, Midge
AU - Trumble, Troy N.
AU - Wilkerson, Jonathan P.
PY - 1997/10/15
Y1 - 1997/10/15
N2 - Objective - To determine whether epiglottic augmentation, in conjunction with more traditional surgical methods, would be useful in the treatment of dorsal displacement of the soft palate in racehorses. Design - Retrospective study. Animals - 40 Thoroughbred and 19 Standardbred racehorses. Procedure - Polytetrafluoroethylene paste was injected submucosally on the lingual epiglottic surface of each horse. In addition, sternothyrohyoideus myectomy or sternothyroideus tenectomy and staphylectomy were performed in most horses. Results - Racing performance was improved after surgery in 29 of 40 (73%) Thoroughbreds and 10 of 19 (53%) Standardbreds. Twenty-nine (49%) horses won ≥ 1 race after surgery. Clinical Implications - Results suggest that epiglottic augmentation, in conjunction with other surgical methods, may be an effective method of treating horses with poor racing performance attributable to dorsal displacement of the soft palate.
AB - Objective - To determine whether epiglottic augmentation, in conjunction with more traditional surgical methods, would be useful in the treatment of dorsal displacement of the soft palate in racehorses. Design - Retrospective study. Animals - 40 Thoroughbred and 19 Standardbred racehorses. Procedure - Polytetrafluoroethylene paste was injected submucosally on the lingual epiglottic surface of each horse. In addition, sternothyrohyoideus myectomy or sternothyroideus tenectomy and staphylectomy were performed in most horses. Results - Racing performance was improved after surgery in 29 of 40 (73%) Thoroughbreds and 10 of 19 (53%) Standardbreds. Twenty-nine (49%) horses won ≥ 1 race after surgery. Clinical Implications - Results suggest that epiglottic augmentation, in conjunction with other surgical methods, may be an effective method of treating horses with poor racing performance attributable to dorsal displacement of the soft palate.
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U2 - 10.2460/javma.1997.211.08.1022
DO - 10.2460/javma.1997.211.08.1022
M3 - Article
C2 - 9343548
AN - SCOPUS:0031572599
SN - 0003-1488
VL - 211
SP - 1022
EP - 1028
JO - Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
JF - Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
IS - 8
ER -