Laryngotomy as a treatment for chronic laryngeal obstruction in cattle: a review of 130 cases
Gasthuys, F.; Verschooten, F.; Parmentier, D.; De Moor, A.; Steenhaut, M.
Veterinary Record 130(11): 220-223
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4900 PMID: 1566534 Document Number: 401809
130 cattle with chronic laryngeal obstruction were treated by surgery; the diagnostic and operative techniques are discussed. A simplified technique using local anaesthesia of the laryngeal area was used in sedated calves weighing up to 200 kg. Inhalation anaesthesia through a distal tracheotomy was needed in heavier animals. Complications related to the surgical intervention are described. The animals were reviewed from 5 months to over one year after discharge from the clinic. The long term survival rate of the 130 animals was 58%. The results after surgery were excellent in 40.9% and good in 15.2% of the animals.