Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Removal of a retropharyngeal foreign body in a horse, with the aid of ultrasonography during surgery.
- Journal:
- Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
- Year:
- 1989
- Authors:
- French, D A et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Veterinary Anesthesiology · Canada
- Species:
- horse
Plain-English summary
A 3-year-old Quarter Horse mare was having trouble swallowing for two days and was taken to a veterinary clinic for help. X-rays showed that she had a 9-centimeter piece of wire stuck in her throat area, behind her voice box. During surgery, the vets used ultrasound to help them find and safely remove the wire by guiding their instruments accurately. The procedure involved filling the area with a sterile salt solution to improve visibility. The treatment was successful, and the wire was removed.
Abstract
Diagnostic ultrasonography was used during surgery to assist in the removal of a piece of wire from the retropharyngeal region. A 3-year-old Quarter Horse mare was referred with dysphagia of 2 days' duration. Radiography revealed a 9-cm piece of wire located caudodorsal to the larynx. A ventral surgical approach was performed, dissecting along the right side of the larynx and trachea. The surgical field was filled with 0.85% sterile physiologic saline solution. A 5 MHz-mm sector scanner probe immersed in the fluid was able to locate the wire and facilitate the direction and depth of dissection to where the wire was identified and removed.
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