Evaluation of the Cranial Cruciate Ligament Repair System in Surgery for Laryngeal Hemiplegia in Heavy Draft Horses

Sasaki, Naoki; Morita, Yoshinori; Moriyama, Tsuyoshi; Yamada, Hiroyuki

doi:10.1294/jes.20.19

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“…Studies evaluating upper respiratory tract (URT) function in specific horse breeds and performance disciplines have identified that these factors affect the distribution and complexity of URT abnormalities observed . Previous studies in draught horses have surveyed the prevalence of recurrent laryngeal neuropathy (RLN) with endoscopic examination at rest and reported various surgical techniques to address this airway dysfunction . The broader availability of overground endoscopic examination has allowed a more detailed description of the type and complexity of upper airway conditions affecting performance horses that contribute to poor performance and increased respiratory noise .…”

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Exercising upper respiratory videoendoscopic findings of 50 competition draught horses with abnormal respiratory noise and/or poor performance

Hackett

Leise

2018

Equine Veterinary Journal

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Summary Background Upper respiratory tract (URT) endoscopy at rest is commonly used to evaluate competition draught horses with URT conditions. Overground endoscopy might be preferred for draught horse URT evaluation as it allows the horses to be driven with harness, overcheck and cart‐load under similar conditions to those experienced in the show ring where airway conditions are most prominent. Objective To describe the exercising URT findings of competition draught horses with abnormal respiratory noise and/or poor performance. Study design Case series. Methods Medical records of competition draught horses undergoing overground endoscopic evaluation between January 2013 and January 2018 with a presenting complaint of abnormal respiratory noise and/or poor performance were reviewed. Video recordings of resting and overground endoscopy were evaluated in all horses. Spearman's rank correlation coefficient was calculated between laryngeal function at rest and at exercise. Results Fifty competition draught horses were examined. Thirteen had previously undergone URT surgery. There was significant correlation between resting and exercising laryngeal function (ρ = 0.77, P<0.01). Abnormalities were detected in 46 horses and included arytenoid cartilage collapse (n = 31), vocal fold collapse (n = 27), palatal dysfunction (n = 14), epiglottic disorders (n = 11), dynamic laryngeal collapse (n = 1), rostral deviation of the palatopharyngeal arch (n = 3) and medial deviation of the aryepiglottic folds (n = 16). The majority of horses had a complex of abnormalities (n = 31) or required exercising examination for identification (n = 41). Incidental upper oesophageal incompetence was observed in nine horses. Main limitations Retrospective collection of data. Conclusions Overground endoscopic evaluation was a useful technique for identifying URT disorders in competition draught horses. The spectrum of upper airway conditions identified in exercising draught horses supports the use of overground endoscopy as a diagnostic technique and could influence treatment considerations. The Summary is available in Portuguese – see Supporting Information

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