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J Vet Sci. 2008 Sep;9(3):335-337 |
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Surgical correction of pectus excavatum in two cats
Hun-Young Yoon1, F. A. Mann1, Soon-wuk Jeong2,* |
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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 |
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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.
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