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Pectus Excavatum
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Pectus excavatum is a condition where the sternum is deformed and in severe cases can cause respiratory distress. Ashley Magee, DVM, DACVS, performs the splinting procedure to correct this deformity in a kitten.
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Ashley Magee
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We had a 2 week old lab mix puppy present with a flatten sternum. Our doctor is does not do many, if any, corrective or repair procedures, he likes to run a preventative practice. He just advised the client to keep a watch and if she notices any adverse changes to take the pup to the E.R hospital. I get so disappointed with the exciting things we get maybe once a week and he just sends them to a specialist.
Never seen or heard of this before, but what a cool, relatively simple procedure! How many of these do you see?
Katharine, I've been at DoveLewis for 13 years and this is the first one I've been involved in treating! In a quick poll taken in the hospital it's a relatively rare procedure (at least in our collective experience) and we were really excited to have the opportunity to film it.
What a great video and procedure! I wonder if this causes much pain for the kitty over the next 6 weeks?
Chantal, as far as pain management goes, we treated this kitty similar to a cat with a fracture - fentanyl CRI, fentanyl patch, over to buprenorphine when able and TGH. Cage restriction etc. Being a young cat this guy did great, didn't seem to be too painful, more annoyed with the chest wrap he had to endure!
The old hospital I used to work at, during the eight months I was there, if memory serves correctly I saw three of these, all in cats.