title: Palatal sclerotherapy: a potentially useful treatment of intermittent dorsal displacement of the soft palate in juvenile standardbred racehorses.
abstract: This study was aimed at evaluating the tolerability and the efficacy of palatal sclerotherapy in juvenile standardbred racehorses with easily audible "snoring-like" respiratory noises suspected to be the result of intermittent dorsal displacement of the soft palate. The palate of 8 horses was injected with sodium tetradecyl sulfate under videoendoscopic guidance. Palatal sclerotherapy resulted in resolution of the respiratory noise in 7 horses, improvement of performance in 6 horses, and mild side effects in only 3 horses. This preliminary study suggests that palatal sclerotherapy is a safe, repeatable, inexpensive, and promising technique that should be considered as an alternative to existing treatments of intermittent dorsal displacement of the soft palate.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Teaching Hospital of the Université de Montréal, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, C.P. 5000, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec. marcel.marcoux@umontreal.ca
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marcoux
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Picandet
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Céleste
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Macieira
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morisset
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rossier
authors.forename: Morgane
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schambourg
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jean
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D010805:Physical Conditioning, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000662:veterinary; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000662:veterinary; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015911:Sclerotherapy / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D012981:Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013177:Sports; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D012597:Sclerosing Solutions; D012981:Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate