J Vet Sci. 2008 Sep;9(3):335-337   
 

Surgical correction of pectus excavatum in two cats

Hun-Young Yoon1, F. A. Mann1, Soon-wuk Jeong2,*

 

1Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
2Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Korea

* swjeong@konkuk.ac.kr

 

Two sexually intact male Bengal cats, one a 4-month-old weighing 2.8 kg and the other, a 3-month-old weighing 2.0 kg, were presented to the University of Missouri-Columbia Veterinary Teaching Hospital for evaluation of respiratory distress. On initial presentation, both cats were dyspneic, exercise intolerant, and had marked concave deformation of the caudal sternum. Surgical correction of pectus excavatum was performed using a cylindrical external splint and U-shaped external splint. Post-operative thoracic radiography revealed that there was decreased concavity of the sternum and increased thoracic height at the level of the caudal sternebrae in both cats.