INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue: 2

Tracheal Rupture due to Dog bite and its Surgical management in a Pomeranian dog

  • Author:
  • S.K. Tiwari, Deepak Kumar Kashyap, R. Sharda3
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 195 to 196

Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Anjora, Durg – 491001 (Chattisgarh)

3and Corresponding Author

Online published on 24 January, 2012.

Abstract

The paper reports, surgical repair of tracheal injury in a dog. Diagnosis was based on history of dog bite and clinical signs. The tracheal tear was identified and tracheal cartilage were aligned and sutured in position with fine monofilament chromic catgut no. 1. Muscle and skin layers were approximated in routine manner. Post-operatively anti-inflammatory drugs, antibiotics, analgesics along with daily dressing were given. Skin sutures were removed on 12th postoperative day. The patient recovered uneventfully.

Keywords

Dog bite, emergency, subcutaneous emphysema, surgical treatment, tracheal rupture