title: Repair of a bifid nose combined with a cleft of the primary palate in a 1-year-old dog.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report surgical repair of a bifid nose combined with a cleft of the primary palate.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical report.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 1-year-old, male castrated Springer spaniel dog.
  
  
  METHODS
  With the dog in sternal recumbency, an extraoral (dorsal) approach to the nose was performed, and after surgical margins were outlined, a Y-shaped skin incision was made to remove redundant tissue and expose the bifid nasal cartilages. The cartilages were opposed and sutured together and the skin closed in 2 layers. The dog was repositioned in dorsal recumbency, and the 2 maxillary first incisor teeth were extracted. After tangential incision and undermining of the cleft defect, the mucosa was sutured in 1 layer.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Healing was uneventful and there was an immediate return to normal function. At 2 weeks, 3 and 6 months function was excellent without further clinical signs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Bifid nose associated with a cleft of the primary palate can be surgically corrected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
authors.forename: Boaz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Arzi
authors.forename: Frank J M
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Verstraete
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004285:Dogs; D008297:Male; D009666:Nose / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*