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Nd: YAG laser‐assisted transendoscopic procedure for treatment of otitis media in a horse
Author(s) -
Uhlendorf F.,
Hellige M.,
Cavalleri J. V. M.,
Feige K.,
Ohnesorge B.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
equine veterinary education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 2042-3292
pISSN - 0957-7734
DOI - 10.1111/eve.12406
Subject(s) - medicine , warmblood , otitis , horse , meloxicam , surgery , magnetic resonance imaging , tympanic cavity , middle ear , radiology , anesthesia , paleontology , biology
Summary An 8‐year‐old Warmblood gelding was referred for evaluation of headshaking to the Clinic for Horses, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover. Based on clinical signs and computed tomography – as well as magnetic resonance imaging – findings, otitis media was diagnosed. Medical treatment including trimethoprim potentiated sulfadimethoxine and meloxicam for 3 weeks did not result in cessation of clinical signs. Therefore, the tympanic cavity was opened transendoscopically using an Nd: YAG ‐laser via the guttural pouch according to surgical procedures in human and small animal medicine, leading to a considerable improvement of clinical signs.