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Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Post Number: 21269
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Posted on Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008 - 8:11 am:   Edit PostPrint Post
Can Vet J. 2008 Jun;49(6):587-91.
Palatal sclerotherapy: a potentially useful treatment of intermittent dorsal displacement of the soft palate in juvenile standardbred racehorses.

Marcoux M, Picandet V, Celeste C, Macieira S, Morisset S, Rossier Y, Schambourg M, Jean D.

Veterinary Teaching Hospital of the Universite de Montreal, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, C.P. 5000, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec. marcel.marcoux@umontreal.ca

This study was aimed at evaluating the tolerability and the efficacy of palatal sclerotherapy in juvenile standardbred racehorses with easily audible "snoring-like" respiratory noises suspected to be the result of intermittent dorsal displacement of the soft palate. The palate of 8 horses was injected with sodium tetradecyl sulfate under videoendoscopic guidance. Palatal sclerotherapy resulted in resolution of the respiratory noise in 7 horses, improvement of performance in 6 horses, and mild side effects in only 3 horses. This preliminary study suggests that palatal sclerotherapy is a safe, repeatable, inexpensive, and promising technique that should be considered as an alternative to existing treatments of intermittent dorsal displacement of the soft palate.
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