The nerve-muscle pedicle. A visual, electromyographic, and histochemical study.
The nerve-muscle pedicle was studied in dogs using visual, electromyographic, and histochemical means. All methods failed to show evidence of reinnervation. It would appear that the nerve-muscle pedicle operative procedure causes fibrosis and lateral displacement of the vocal cord with a subsequent improvement in the airway. It thus functions as a minimal arytenoidopexy.
D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D004576:Electromyography; D009416:Nerve Regeneration; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014827:Vocal Cords / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*