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In Gleason 2023 et al., on ala vestibuloplasty in cats, what cardiopulmonary parameter showed significant improvement postoperatively?
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🔍 Key Findings
- Ala vestibuloplasty significantly reduced normalized pulmonary transit time (nPTT) (mean 5.43 → 3.89 sec; p <.001), suggesting improved cardiopulmonary function.
- Clinical respiratory signs improved, including reduced snoring, sneezing, nasal discharge, and open-mouth breathing (all p <.01).
- Activity tolerance increased, with less dyspnea during activity and longer time to onset of dyspnea (p <.005).
- Paradoxical sternal motion resolved in all affected cats after surgery.
- Hiatal hernias resolved in 75% of affected cats on follow-up CT.
- No serious complications occurred, with only mild, self-limiting epistaxis and hypersalivation in a few cases.
- Aberrant turbinates were detected on CT in all cats, though only 1 showed obstructive CATs endoscopically.
- Total clinical severity scores improved significantly postoperatively (median reduction of 30 points; p <.001).
Veterinary Surgery
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2023
Ala vestibuloplasty improves cardiopulmonary and activity‐related parameters in brachycephalic cats
2023-4-VS-gleason-1
In Loh 2024 et al., on treatment outcomes for CvHL in dogs, which nonsurgical method had the highest success rate?
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🔍 Key Findings
- Low-trauma events caused 82.9% of CvHL cases; Poodles and poodle-crosses represented 49.4% of cases.
- Success rate of hobbles (61.8%) was significantly higher than closed reduction alone (10.3%) or Ehmer sling (18.5%).
- Multivariate analysis found hobbles 7.62x more likely to succeed vs. closed reduction (p = .001).
- Specialist surgeons had higher success with nonsurgical management (OR: 2.68; p = .047).
- Older age associated with better outcomes (OR: 1.15 per year; p < .0005).
- Ehmer sling is not recommended due to high failure and complication rates (60.6%).
- Toggle rod stabilization had a high surgical success rate (88.2%) with low complication.
- No link was found between CvHL and hip dysplasia or OA in most cases (only 2/108 showed OA).
Veterinary Surgery
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2024
Caudoventral hip luxation in 160 dogs (2003–2023): A multicenter retrospective case series
2024-4-VS-loh-1
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