Use of a transendoscopic technique to remove a bronchial foreign body in a Standardbred colt

Diseases of the equine trachea

“…The most common form of foreign body that can lodge in the distal trachea and bronchial tree is thorned twigs or brambles (Lane 1981;Urquhart and Gerring 1981;Brown and Collier 1983;Duckett et al 1983;Ferrucci et al 2003). The thorns act as barbs that allow the foreign body to progress distally but prevent it from being coughed up.…”

“…Diagnosis is confirmed by endoscopic examination (Fig 7). Treatment involves removal of the foreign body, which can sometimes be accomplished using a snare passed through the endoscope (Ferrucci et al 2003). Alternatively, a distal cervical tracheotomy may be made to allow insertion of grasping forceps or a snare, and the foreign body removed using endoscopic surveillance.…”

Tracheal obstruction by an eosinophilic polyp in a horse

“…Severe upper airway obstruction in horses, such as occurred in the present case, may be due to a number of different causes including bilateral laryngeal paralysis following organophosphate poisoning, hepatic encephalopathy and general anaesthesia (Dixon et al 2001), severe bilateral arytenoid chondropathy, acute laryngeal oedema (Pascoe 1990), inhaled foreign bodies (Ferrucci et al 2003), tracheal collapse (Martin 1981), tracheal compression by peritracheal masses (Rigg et al 1985) and tracheal crush injuries (Pascoe 1990). Respiratory obstruction occurs during inspiration with extrathoracic tracheal obstructions (due to increased negative pressure in the cervical trachea) and during expiration with intrathoracic tracheal obstructions (due to increased positive pressure in the thoracic trachea).…”

Equine emergency upper airway management

“…The foreign body may enter the bronchi and lead to pleuropneumonia in chronic cases (Ferrucci et al . ; Bodecek et al . ). Intraluminal mass: Neoplastic or granulomatous masses are a rare cause of tracheal obstruction (Lankveld ; Collins et al .…”