effect of laryngoplasty on pharyngeal function in the horse

Using fluoroscopic techniques and videotape recordings, a study of normal deglutition was made in 2 ponies. Paryngeal function was studied at intervals after laryngoplasty on 1 animal and after a sham technique on the other. Two clinical cases of laryngeal paralysis, which had been treated by laryng...

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Published inEquine veterinary journal Vol. 11; no. 3; pp. 153 - 158
Main Authors Greet, T.R.C, Baker, G.J, Lee, R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.07.1979
Subjects
animal health
Animals
Arytenoid Cartilage - physiopathology
Cough - physiopathology
Cough - veterinary
Deglutition
Horse Diseases - physiopathology
Horse Diseases - surgery
Horses
Larynx - surgery
Male
Pharynx - physiopathology
Postoperative Complications - physiopathology
Postoperative Complications - veterinary
veterinary medicine
Vocal Cord Paralysis - physiopathology
Vocal Cord Paralysis - surgery
Vocal Cord Paralysis - veterinary
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Summary:Using fluoroscopic techniques and videotape recordings, a study of normal deglutition was made in 2 ponies. Paryngeal function was studied at intervals after laryngoplasty on 1 animal and after a sham technique on the other. Two clinical cases of laryngeal paralysis, which had been treated by laryngoplasty, were also examined. In the 2 experimental ponies, liquid food passed into the lower respiratory tract post-operatively. One of the clinical cases appeared to swallow solid food normally, but some food material entered the larynx of the other horse. It is suggested that pharyngeal dysfunction, as well as over-abduction of the arytenoid cartilage, might be involved in causing the chronic post-operative cough which the experiment was designed to investigate.
ISSN:0425-1644
2042-3306
DOI:10.1111/j.2042-3306.1979.tb01328.x