Sternothyroideus myotomy, staphylectomy, and oral caudal soft palate photothermoplasty for treatment of dorsal displacement of the soft palate in 102 Thoroughbred racehorses

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-10

  Smith, Jennifer J ^a,b   Embertson, Rolf M ^a  

^a ROOD AND RIDDLE EQUINE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide (CO2) laser; Contin uous wave; Dorsal displacement of the soft palate; Horse; Noncontact; Photothermoplasty; Soft palate; Staphylectomy; Sternothyroideus myotomy; Thoroughbred racehorse

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; HORSE; LASER SURGERY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NECK MUSCLE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT PALATE; SPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; HORSES; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NECK MUSCLES; PALATE, SOFT; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPORTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23044431782     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2005.00002.x     Document Type: Article

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