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Tracheostomy
British Small Animal Veterinary Association , 276 (2024); https://doi.org/10.22233/9781913859145.2.68
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Tracheostomy
- From: BSAVA Guide to Procedures in Small Animal Practice
- Item: Procedures A to Z, pp 276 - 279
- DOI: 10.22233/9781913859145.2.68
- Copyright: © 2024 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
- Publication Date: March 2024
Abstract
Tracheostomy is used in the management of upper airway obstruction, maintenance of prolonged mechanical ventilation, and anaesthesia for some surgeries of the upper airway and pharynx.
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Figure T.20:
A midline skin incision should be made caudally from the larynx. Drawn by S.J. Elmhurst BA Hons (www.livingart.org.uk) and reproduced with her permission © 2024 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Figure T.20:
A midline skin incision should be made caudally from the larynx. Drawn by S.J. Elmhurst BA Hons (www.livingart.org.uk) and reproduced with her permission
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Figure T.21:
The sternohyoideus muscles should be separated to visualize the trachea. Drawn by S.J. Elmhurst BA Hons (www.livingart.org.uk) and reproduced with her permission © 2024 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Figure T.21:
The sternohyoideus muscles should be separated to visualize the trachea. Drawn by S.J. Elmhurst BA Hons (www.livingart.org.uk) and reproduced with her permission
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Figure T.22:
Stay sutures should be placed around the tracheal rings cranial and caudal to the incision site. Drawn by S.J. Elmhurst BA Hons (www.livingart.org.uk) and reproduced with her permission © 2024 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Figure T.22:
Stay sutures should be placed around the tracheal rings cranial and caudal to the incision site. Drawn by S.J. Elmhurst BA Hons (www.livingart.org.uk) and reproduced with her permission
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Figure T.23:
The tracheostomy tube should be inserted into the trachea through the incision in the annular ligament. Drawn by S.J. Elmhurst BA Hons (www.livingart.org.uk) and reproduced with her permission © 2024 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Figure T.23:
The tracheostomy tube should be inserted into the trachea through the incision in the annular ligament. Drawn by S.J. Elmhurst BA Hons (www.livingart.org.uk) and reproduced with her permission
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Figure T.24:
The sutures should remain in place around the tracheal rings for ongoing management. © 2024 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Figure T.24:
The sutures should remain in place around the tracheal rings for ongoing management.