Fossum T W, Boudrieau R J, Hobson H P, Rudy R L
Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843.
J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1989 Jul 1;195(1):91-7.
Two 4-week-old pups and a 7-week-old kitten with respiratory distress and pectus excavatum were treated by external application of a coaptation splint to the ventral aspect of the thorax. Sutures were placed percutaneously around the sternum and through predrilled holes in a piece of moldable splint material that had been contoured to fit a normal-shaped thorax. Correction of the sternal deformity and alleviation of respiratory distress were achieved in all 3 animals. Frontosagittal index and vertebral index were assessed before and after surgery. In all 3 animals, both indices were abnormal before surgery, but were within the normal range after surgery.
两只4周龄的幼犬和一只7周龄的小猫因呼吸窘迫和漏斗胸，通过在胸部腹侧外用贴合夹板进行治疗。经皮在胸骨周围以及穿过一块已塑形以适合正常胸廓形状的可塑形夹板材料上预先钻好的孔放置缝线。所有3只动物的胸骨畸形均得到矫正，呼吸窘迫得到缓解。术前和术后评估了额矢状指数和椎体指数。在所有3只动物中，两个指数在术前均异常，但术后均在正常范围内。
