INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue: 2

Emergency Surgical Reconstruction of Tracheal Rupture in Goats

  • Author:
  • D. Jahangirbasha, B.V. Shivaprakash, D. Dilipkumar, B. Bhagvantappa
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 621 to 624

Department of Surgery and Radiology, Veterinary College, Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU), Nandinagar, Bidar-585401, karnataka

*Corresponding author E-mail: dr.jahangir.d@gmail.com

Online published on 26 July, 2017.

Abstract

Four caprines with tracheal rupture due to dog bite injuries in the ventral neck region were presented and successfully managed surgically. The tracheal anastomosis was performed with simple interrupted pattern using synthetic absorbable suture material. All goats recovered uneventfully.

Keywords

Dog bite, goat, reconstructive surgery, tracheal rupture