Secondary Healing Following Trauma-Induced Partial Glossectomy: Case Report of an Arabian Horse

Year 2024, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 85 - 88

Yakup Kocaman , Ömer Tarık Orhun , Ferda Turgut , Ayşe Gölgeli Bedir , Sıtkıcan Okur , Mümin Gökhan Şenocak , Berrah Gözegir

https://doi.org/10.58833/bozokvetsci.1510945

Abstract

The tongue serves as an organ of food prehension, mastication, grooming, deglutition, taste, and vocalization, and is suspected to play a role in upper airway stability. A seven-year-old riding horse, weighing 350 kg and employed for load-carrying purposes, was brought to Atatürk University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Hospital due to a transversal injury in the rostral part of the tongue caused by trauma from the bridle's rope. During the general examination, it was observed that the tongue protruded outside the mouth, there was a presence of necrotic odor, paralysis in the apex lingualis region, and bloodstains on the mouth corner and front limbs. After the removal of the tongue tissue, debridement of the necrotic areas in the remaining caudal portion was performed, and it was left for secondary wound healing. Postoperatively, intramuscular injections of 200,000 IU benzylpenicillin procaine were administered every 24 hours for 7 days, along with flunixin meglumine given for 3 days. Additionally, a 0.12% chlorhexidine gluconate solution was used as an oral antiseptic three times daily for a duration of 7 days. Daily phone calls were made to the patient owner to inquire about the overall condition of the patient. Upon the follow-up appointment on the seventh day, improvement in the healing of the tongue was observed.

Keywords

Arabian horse, tongue, Glossectomy, Secondary Healing

Travma Sonrası Kısmi Glossektomi ile İkincil İyileşme: Bir Arap Atı Vaka Raporu

Abstract

Dil; kavrama, çiğneme, tımar, yutma, tat ve ses çıkarma işlevlerini yerine getiren bir organdır ve üst solunum yolunun stabilitesinde rol oynadığı düşünülmektedir. 350 kg ağırlığında yük taşıma amacıyla kullanılan yedi yaşında bir binek atı, dizgin halatından kaynaklanan travma sonucu dilin rostral kısmında oluşan transversal yaralanma nedeniyle Atatürk Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Hastanesi'ne getirildi. Genel muayene sırasında, dilin ağız dışına çıktığı, nekrotik koku, apex lingualis bölgesinde felç ve ağız kenarı ile ön bacaklarda kan lekeleri olduğu gözlemlendi. Dil dokusunun çıkarılmasının ardından, geriye kalan kaudal kısmındaki nekrotik alanların debridmanı yapıldı ve ikincil yara iyileşmesi için bırakıldı. Ameliyat sonrası 7 gün boyunca her 24 saatte bir 200.000 IU benzilpenisilin prokain intramusküler enjeksiyonları yapıldı ve 3 gün boyunca fluniksin meglumin verildi. Ayrıca, 7 gün boyunca günde üç kez %0.12 klorheksidin glukonat çözeltisi oral antiseptik olarak kullanıldı. Hastanın genel durumu hakkında bilgi almak için hasta sahibine günlük telefon görüşmeleri yapıldı. Yedinci gündeki takip randevusunda dilin iyileşmesinde iyileşme gözlemlendi.

Keywords

Arap atı, dil, glossektomi, ikincil iyileşme

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