Tate L P, Sweeney C L, Bowman K F, Newman H C, Duckett W M
Laboratory of Surgical Research, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27606.
Vet Surg. 1990 Sep-Oct;19(5):356-63. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-950x.1990.tb01207.x.
Transendoscopic neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Nd:YAG) laser was used to treat 12 standing horses with epiglottic entrapment (EE) or dorsal displacement of the soft palate (DDSP), or both. In four horses, transendoscopic laser staphylectomy was performed. The most common presenting complaints were respiratory stridor, cough, and exercise intolerance. Ten horses with EE healed without epiglottic complications; in one horse, partial adhesion of the aryepiglottic fold to one side of the epiglottis was corrected surgically through a laryngotomy incision. One horse with DDSP had no further signs, one continued to have continual DDSP, and two had induced DDSP. Transendoscopic Nd:YAG laser proved to be a feasible means of correcting EE and selected cases of DDSP.
采用经内镜钕钇铝石榴石（Nd:YAG）激光治疗12匹患有会厌嵌顿（EE）或软腭背侧移位（DDSP）或两者皆有的站立马匹。对4匹马进行了经内镜激光扁桃体切除术。最常见的主诉是呼吸喘鸣、咳嗽和运动不耐受。10匹患有EE的马愈合且无会厌并发症；1匹马通过喉切开术切口手术纠正了杓会厌襞向会厌一侧的部分粘连。1匹患有DDSP的马无进一步症状，1匹持续存在DDSP，2匹诱发了DDSP。经内镜Nd:YAG激光被证明是纠正EE和部分DDSP病例的可行方法。
