title: Tracheal stent placement for the emergency management of tracheal collapse in dogs.
abstract: Dogs with tracheal collapse may present with life-threatening upper airway obstruction. In most instances, a conservative approach to treatment including oxygen support coupled with sedation and cooling measures will relieve respiratory effort and thus relieve airway obstruction. Dogs that fail this conservative approach require endotracheal intubation to ensure a patent airway. This population of patients would benefit from a more definitive, yet palliative treatment option to acutely relieve upper airway obstruction. Placement of a self-expanding metallic stent that spans the affected portion of the trachea will acutely provide the patient with a sustained patent airway and optimize the likelihood of a positive outcome.
authors.affiliation: Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Service and Interventional Radiology Services, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA. Electronic address: bealmatt@cvm.msu.edu.
authors.forename: Matthew W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Beal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D057805:Pets / Q000601:surgery*; D015607:Stents / Q000662:veterinary*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*
keywords: airway obstruction; tracheal collapse; tracheal stent