Transendoscopic contact neodymium:yttrium aluminum garnet laser excision of tracheal lesions in two horses
Charlton, C.; Tulleners, E.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 199(2): 241-243
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1488 PMID: 1890035 Document Number: 369247
Two male racehorses (1 Standardbred, 1 Thoroughbred) were examined because of intraluminal cervical tracheal lesions, located 60 to 70 cm from the nares. A contact neodymium:yttrium aluminum garnet laser with a chisel probe attached to the fiber end was used to transendoscopically debride a nonhealing tracheal ulcer and to excise a pyogranulomatous mass. In both horses, the surgical sites healed quickly and the lesions did not redevelop.