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Larynx Trauma and Hyoid Bone Fracture after Bite Injury in Dog: Case Report
- Source :
- Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol 3 (2016)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Frontiers Media S.A., 2016.
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Abstract
- An 8-year-old male Jack Russell crossbreed dog was admitted to our hospital with dyspnoea and shock following a dog-bite injury on the ventral neck. Radiographs revealed subcutaneous emphysema and bilateral thyrohyoid bone fractures. Intra-operatively, rupture of both sternohyoid muscles, both hyoepiglotticus muscles, both thyrohyoid muscles and a partial cranial rupture of the superficial sphincter colli muscle were detected. Part of the epiglottis was detached from the thyroid cartilage. The patient’s severed muscles and torn epiglottis were reattached using a simple interrupted suture pattern. Hyoepiglotticus muscles could not be identified. The bilateral thyrohyoid bone fractures were repaired with intraosseous wire suture. A temporary tracheostomy tube and an esophageal feeding tube were placed postoperatively. The dog was discharged after 8 days, re-examined at 2 and 6 months and laryngeal and pharyngeal function were evaluated as normal. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first report of a dog that presented with laryngeal trauma with hyoid bone fracture and acute dyspnea who underwent surgical treatment resulting in an acceptable outcome.
- Subjects :
- Larynx
medicine.medical_specialty
Epiglottis
bite
040301 veterinary sciences
hyoid fracture
canine
Case Report
shock
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
0403 veterinary science
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Suture (anatomy)
Dyspnoea
Medicine
Feeding tube
lcsh:Veterinary medicine
General Veterinary
business.industry
Hyoid bone
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
Anatomy
dyspnea
Thyroid cartilage
neck
Surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
larynx trauma
Sphincter
lcsh:SF600-1100
Veterinary Science
medicine.symptom
business
Subcutaneous emphysema
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22971769
- Volume :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Veterinary Science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....be282010826c2d568cce4356c418a6f7