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Inherited and congenital airway conditions
Author(s) -
Harvey C. E.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1989.tb01531.x
Subject(s) - medicine , laryngeal paralysis , airway , hypoplasia , airway obstruction , paralysis , surgery
Brachycephalic airway obstruction can take the form of several clinical entities, eg, overlong soft palate, tracheal hypoplasia and laryngeal paralysis. These, and other major congenital airways diseases are discussed together with possible methods of surgical correction.