Surgical correction of pectus excavatum in two cats.

Author: Hun Young YOON ¹ ; F A MANN ; Soon wuk JEONG
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1. Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: cat; external splint; pectus excavatum; surgical correction
MeSH: Animals; Cat Diseases/*surgery; Cats; Funnel Chest/surgery/*veterinary; Lung Diseases/etiology/veterinary; Male; Treatment Outcome
From:Journal of Veterinary Science 2008;9(3):335-337
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: 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 xternal 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.