Tongue entrapment by chew toys in two dogs
| Autor: | B. Van Goethem, L. Verhaert, A. Rubio |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
Insufflation
Male medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Positive pressure behavioral disciplines and activities Entrapment Dogs Tongue medicine Animals General anaesthesia Small Animals business.industry Tongue necrosis Surgery Play and Playthings medicine.anatomical_structure Amputation Anesthesia behavior and behavior mechanisms Female business human activities psychological phenomena and processes Vascular obstruction |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of small animal practice. 51(10) |
| ISSN: | 1748-5827 |
| Popis: | Compression of a chew toy during regular play activity can create a vacuum effect eventually causing entrapment of oral tissues. Two cases of tongue entrapment are described, which resulted in severe tissue swelling, oedema and vascular obstruction. In the first dog, the toy was removed by the veterinary surgeon under general anaesthesia. Damage to the tongue proved to be reversible and the dog recovered uneventfully. In the second patient, the toy was forcefully removed by the owner. The resulting tongue necrosis required partial amputation. Treatment of this emergency condition consists of elimination of the negative pressure inside the toy by piercing it or even by insufflation of positive pressure inside the toy, and of an atraumatic manipulation to prevent further damage to the compromised tissues. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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