Table of Contents
Contributors ix
Foreword xi
Section I Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy 1
1 Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy: Grading of Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy 3Katie J. Smith and Padraic M. Dixon
2 Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy: Diagnosis, Dynamic Endoscopy 9Elizabeth Davidson
3 Ultrasonography of the Larynx for the Diagnosis of Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy 17Heather Chalmers
4 Laser Ventriculocordectomy 21Jan Hawkins
5 Prosthetic Laryngoplasty 29Eric J. Parente and Jan Hawkins
6 Biomechanics of Prosthetic Laryngoplasty 35Benjamin J. Ahern
7 Ablation of the Cricoarytenoid Joint 43Jan Hawkins
8 The Use of Partial Arytenoidectomy in the Management of Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy 49Catherine H. Hackett
9 Evaluation and Management of the Horse Following Failed Laryngoplasty 53Jan Hawkins
10 Evaluation and Management of the Horse with Dysphagia Following Prosthetic Laryngoplasty 57Jan Hawkins
11 Treatment of Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy in Racehorses 61Eric J. Parente
12 Treatment of Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy in Draft Horses 65Warren Beard
13 Evaluation and Treatment of the Horse with Fourth Branchial Arch Defects 69Katherine Garrett
14 Future Developments in the Management and Treatment of Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy 77Jonathan Cheetham
15 Objective Evaluation Following Surgical Correction of Upper Airway Abnormalities 81Jonathan Cheetham
Section II Dorsal Displacement of the Soft Palate 87
16 Dorsal Displacement of the Soft Palate: Pathophysiology and New Diagnostic Techniques 89Jonathan Cheetham
17 Dorsal Displacement of the Soft Palate: Standing and Dynamic Endoscopic Examination 97Elizabeth Davidson
18 Ultrasonography of the Horse with Suspected Dorsal Displacement of the Soft Palate 105Heather Chalmers
19 Sternothyroideus Myotenectomy and Staphylectomy 109Jan Hawkins
20 Dorsal Displacement of the Soft Palate: Laryngeal Tie-Forward 115Norm G. Ducharme
21 Laser Palatoplasty 121Jan Hawkins
22 Surgical Management of Dorsal Displacement of the Soft Palate in the Racehorse 125Patricia Hogan
23 Dorsal Displacement of the Soft Palate: Evaluation of the Horse with Poor Performance Following Attempted Surgical Correction 131Norm G. Ducharme
24 Treatment of Persistent Dorsal Displacement of the Soft Palate 135Norm G. Ducharme
Section III Surgery of the Head 141
25 Nasal Septum Removal 143David E. Freeman
26 Surgical Treatment of Horses withWry Nose 157Jim Schumacher
27 Choanal Atresia 167Jan Hawkins
28 Frontonasal and Maxillary Sinusotomy Performed with the Horse Standing 171Jim Schumacher and Justin Perkins
29 Frontonasal and Maxillary Sinusotomy Performed Under General Anesthesia 177Warren Beard
30 Surgery of the Paranasal Sinuses: Surgical Removal of the Cheek Teeth and Management of Orosinus Fistulae 185Padraic M. Dixon
Section IV Surgery of the Soft Palate, Epiglottis, Arytenoid, and Trachea 193
31 Surgical Repair of Cleft Palate 195Lloyd P. Tate, Jr
32 Surgical Correction of Epiglottic Entrapment 207Michael W. Ross and Jan Hawkins
33 Subepiglottic Cysts 223Eric J. Parente
34 Laser Resection of the Aryepiglottic Folds 227Eric J. Parente
35 Partial Arytenoidectomy with Mucosal Closure 231Eric J. Parente
36 Partial Arytenoidectomy without Mucosal Closure 237Jan Hawkins
37 Management of Guttural Pouch Tympanites 241Lloyd. P. Tate, Jr
38 Treatment of Hemorrhage Associated with Guttural Pouch Mycosis 249Daniel F. Hogan
39 Surgical Management of Temporohyoid Osteoarthropathy 255Norm G. Ducharme, Thomas J. Divers, and Nita Irby
40 Surgery of the Trachea 261Lloyd P. Tate, Jr
41 Permanent Tracheostomy in the Horse 271Peter C. Rakestraw
Index 277