title: Surgical Treatment of Laryngeal Paralysis.
abstract: Unilateral arytenoid lateralization is the most commonly used technique to treat laryngeal paralysis. It is important not to overabduct the arytenoid cartilage during the unilateral lateralization to minimize exposure of the rima glottides. Dogs with laryngeal paralysis treated with unilateral lateralization have a good long-term prognosis. Idiopathic polyneuropathy is the most common cause of laryngeal paralysis in dogs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, 300 West Drake Road, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA. Electronic address: Eric.Monnet@ColoState.EDU.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Monnet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002415:Cats; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D004285:Dogs; D007817:Laryngeal Cartilages / Q000601:surgery*; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*
keywords: Arytenoidectomy; Canine; Permanent tracheostomy; Unilateral arytenoid lateralization; Ventral laryngotomy