Generalized Subcutaneous Emphysema Following Debarking Via Laryngofissure Approach in A Dog

Case description- seventeen dogs (fifteen adult small breed dogs and two adult large breeddogs) who tolerated ventriculocordectomy operation in small animal clinics.treatment and outcome- induction of anesthesia was done using routine anesthetic agants.after dorsal recumbency, incision of ventral midline cervical skin (thyroid region), the entirevocal folds and cords were removed. the incision line was sutured in layers. there was no postoperativecomplication in 16 dogs and all dogs were muted but generalized subcutaneousemphysema was observed in one dog (toy terrier breed) within a few hours after operation.clinical relevance- authors of the present clinical study met generalized subcutaneousemphysema formation in one dog out of 17 muted dogs by laryngofissure approach as a newpost-operative complication.