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Bypassing The Oral Cavity: The Use of Tube Esophagostomy For Long‐Term Enteral Nutritional Support In A Foal
Author(s) -
Masan Melissa R.,
Paradis Mary Rose
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of veterinary emergency and critical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.886
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1476-4431
pISSN - 1479-3261
DOI - 10.1111/j.1476-4431.2000.tb00001.x
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , larynx , enteral administration , pneumonia , soft palate , aspiration pneumonia , oral cavity , feeding tube , parenteral nutrition , pharynx , intubation , foal , anesthesia , dentistry , archaeology , history
Summary A premature foal developed severe aspiration pneumonia secondary to persistent dorsal displacement of the soft palate associated with marked edema of the larynx and nasopharynx. Tube esophagostomy was used successfully for long‐term nutritional supplementation. There were no complications, and bypass of the larynx and pharynx allowed resolution of the palatal abnormality and subsequent resolution of the aspiration pneumonia. (Vet. Emerg. Crit. Care, 10:7–12, 2000)