title: Tracheal resection and anastomosis after traumatic tracheal stenosis in a horse.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a resection and anastomosis technique to treat trauma-induced tracheal stenosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 9-year-old Warmblood gelding.
  
  
  METHODS
  Endoscopy, radiography, and ultrasonography were used to diagnose a single ring tracheal stenosis; the stenotic region was resected and adjacent tracheal rings anastomosed with an end-to-end technique.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The anastomosis healed completely despite formation of a unilateral partial mucosal stenosis "web," which was subsequently removed by transendoscopic laser surgery. During tracheal anastomosis, the left recurrent laryngeal nerve was damaged, causing laryngeal hemiplegia, later treated successfully by laryngoplasty. The horse returned to its previous level of work.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This tracheal resection and anastomosis technique successfully provided the horse with a large tracheal lumen, and despite major complications, allowed a return to full athletic work.
authors.affiliation: Rossdale and Partners, Rossdales Equine Hospital and Diagnostic Centre, Exning, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Timothy P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Barnett
authors.forename: Claire S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Hawkes
authors.forename: Padraic M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Dixon
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000662:veterinary; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000662:veterinary; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D014463:Ultrasonography