J Vet Sci.  2008 Sep;9(3):335-337. 10.4142/jvs.2008.9.3.335.

Surgical correction of pectus excavatum in two cats

• Yoon HY
• Mann FA
• Jeong SW

• KMID: 1718589
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4142/jvs.2008.9.3.335

Abstract

Two sexually intact male Bengal cats, one a 4-month-old weighing 2.8 kg and the other, a 3-month-old weighing 2.0 kg, were presented to the University of Missouri-Columbia Veterinary Teaching Hospital for evaluation of respiratory distress. On initial presentation, both cats were dyspneic, exercise intolerant, and had marked concave deformation of the caudal sternum. Surgical correction of pectus excavatum was performed using a cylindrical external splint and U-shaped xternal splint. Post-operative thoracic radiography revealed that there was decreased concavity of the sternum and increased thoracic height at the level of the caudal sternebrae in both cats.

Keyword

cat; external splint; pectus excavatum; surgical correction

MeSH Terms

Animals
Cat Diseases/*surgery
Cats
Funnel Chest/surgery/*veterinary
Lung Diseases/etiology/veterinary
Male
Treatment Outcome

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Radiographic findings and surgical procedures using cylindrical external splints (C: Case No.1) and U-shaped external splint (D: Case No.2). The caudal sternebrae were dorsally displaced (A: Case No. 1). Dorsal deviation of caudal sternebrae was reduced (B: Case No. 1). Stay sutures were placed around the sternebrae from the manubrium cranially, to the xiphoid caudally (E: Case No. 1). All stay sutures pass through the holes on the apex of the splint using an 18-gauge needle (F: Case No. 2). Mosquito hemostats are used to hold the ends of the individual stay sutures (G: Case No. 2). All stay sutures were tied securely (H: Case No. 2). The splint was held in place with umbilical tapes (I: Case No. 2).

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