Advances in equine upper respiratory surgery /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Hawkins, Jan F. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Ames, Iowa : Chichester, West Sussex, UK : [Germantown, MD] : Wiley Blackwell ; ACVS Foundation, 2015.
• Σειρά: Advances in veterinary surgery.
• Θέματα: Horses > Diseases > Treatment.; Horses > Surgery.; Respiratory organs > Diseases > Treatment.; Respiratory organs > Surgery.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Animal Husbandry; Medical.; Horse Diseases > surgery.; Respiratory Tract Diseases > veterinary.; Respiratory Tract Diseases > surgery.; Surgery, Veterinary > methods.; Surgical Procedures, Operative > veterinary.; Electronic books.

 Advances in equine upper respiratory surgery is a comprehensive, up-to-date reference on surgical techniques in the upper respiratory tract in the horse, presenting theory and background as well as detailed procedures information. 

 Part I: Recurrent laryngeal neuropathy. Recurrent laryngeal neuropathy: grading of recurrent laryngeal neuropathy -- Recurrent laryngeal neuropathy: diagnosis, dynamic endoscopy -- Ultrasonography of the larynx for the diagnosis of recurrent laryngeal neuropathy -- Laser ventriculocordectomy -- Prosthetic laryngoplasty -- Biomechanics of prosthetic laryngoplasty -- Ablation of the cricoarytenoid joint -- The use of partial arytenoidectomy in the management of recurrent laryngeal neuropathy evaluation and management of the horse following failed laryngoplasty -- Evaluation and management of the horse with dysphagia following prosthetic laryngoplasty -- Treatment of recurrent laryngeal neuropathy in racehorses -- Treatment of recurrent laryngeal neuropathy in draft horses -- Evaluation and treatment of the horse with fourth branchial arch defects -- Future developments in the management and treatment of recurrent laryngeal neuropathy -- Objective evaluation following surgical correction of upper airway abnormalities -- Part II: Dorsal displacement of the soft palate. Dorsal displacement of the soft palate: pathophysiology and new diagnostic techniques -- Dorsal displacement of the soft palate: standing and dynamic endoscopic examination -- Ultrasonography of the horse with suspected dorsal displacement of the soft palate -- Sternothyroideus myotenectomy and staphylectomy -- Dorsal displacement of the soft palate: laryngeal tie-forward -- Laser palatoplasty -- Surgical management of dorsal displacement of the soft palate in the racehorse -- Dorsal displacement of the soft palate: evaluation of the horse with poor performance following attempted surgical correction -- Treatment of persistent dorsal displacement of the soft palate -- Part III: Surgery of the head. Nasal septum removal -- Surgical treatment of horses with wry nose -- Choanal atresia -- Frontonasal and maxillary sinusotomy performed with the horse standing -- Frontonasal and maxillary sinusotomy performed under general anesthesia -- Surgery of the paranasal sinuses: surgical removal of the cheek teeth and management of orosinus fistulae -- Part IV: Surgery of the soft palate, epiglottis, arytenoid, and trachea. Surgical repair of cleft palate -- Surgical correction of epiglottic entrapment -- Subepiglottic cysts -- Laser resection of the aryepiglottic folds -- Partial arytenoidectomy with mucosal closure -- Partial arytenoidectomy without mucosal closure -- Management of guttural pouch tympanites -- Treatment of hemorrhage associated with guttural pouch mycosis -- Surgical management of temporohyoid osteoarthropathy -- Surgery of the trachea -- Permanent tracheostomy in the horse.