title: Reconstruction of a bilateral hypoplastic soft palate in a cat.
abstract: A 2-year-old, female spayed, domestic shorthair cat was presented with a history of dyspnea, upper respiratory congestion, and aspiration. Physical examination revealed a bilaterally hypoplastic soft palate resembling a uvula. A novel surgical technique was performed to reconstruct the soft palate, utilizing both a hard palate-derived mucoperiosteal flap combined with two pharyngeal wall-derived, random-pattern mucosal flaps. This is the first report of a bilaterally hypoplastic soft palate in the cat, as well as a description of a new surgical method for soft palate reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
authors.forename: Jason F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Headrick
authors.forename: Jonathan F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: McAnulty
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000662:veterinary*; D016896:Treatment Outcome