[Geometry and function of the dog nose: how does function change when form of the nose is changed?].
Nasal airflow resistance in brachycephalic dogs is significantly elevated compared to normal dogs. LaserAssisted TurbinEctomy (LATE)-surgery as well as xylometazolin were shown to reduce pathologically increased intranasal airway resistance in brachycephalic dogs by approximately 50 %. Impulse oscillometry provides a reliable and sensitive method to examine intranasal stenoses in the canine nose. Acoustic rhinometry allows assessment of changes in cross sectional area and volume of the canine nasal cavity.
Lippert
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JP
Klinik für Kleintiere der Universität Leipzig, Leipzig. lippert@kleintierklinik.uni-leipzig.de
Reinhold
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P
Smith
H J
HJ
Franco
P
P
Nather
S Y
SY
Schlüter
C
C
Oechtering
G U
GU
D000403:Airway Resistance / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000662:veterinary; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D009666:Nose / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009991:Oscillometry / Q000662:veterinary; D023842:Rhinometry, Acoustic / Q000662:veterinary; D014420:Turbinates / Q000601:surgery