title: Left principal bronchus rupture in a cat.
abstract: A two-year-old neutered male domestic shorthaired cat was referred with respiratory compromise. Investigations included thoracic radiography and tracheal endoscopy. Findings were consistent with a traumatic avulsion injury to the left principal bronchus. Treatment involved the resection of the ruptured and stenosed left principal bronchus segment via a fifth right intercostal lateral thoracotomy. Once the damaged portion of bronchus had been removed, bronchial repair was achieved by end-to-end anastomosis. A full recovery was made and, at the time of writing (16 months postoperatively), the cat was clinically normal.
authors.affiliation: Davies White Veterinary Specialists, Hitchin, Hertfordshire.
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Oakley
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D001980:Bronchi / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000662:veterinary; D002415:Cats / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012421:Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000662:veterinary