Equine - Outcome analysis of 95 harness racehorses with confirmed dorsal displacement of the soft palate treated with laryngeal tie-forward surgery
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Equine - Outcome analysis of 95 harness racehorses with confirmed dorsal displacement of the soft palate treated with laryngeal tie-forward surgery.
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Intermittent dorsal displacement of the soft palate (iDDSP) is the most commonly reported exercise-induced upper respiratory tract (URT) disorder encountered in racehorses. The current most widely used surgical treatment for iDDSP in racehorses is the laryngeal tie-forward (LTF)
procedure.
Exercising endoscopy is considered the gold standard for diagnosing “dynamic” URT disorders, including iDDSP. Harness racehorses train and
race with a relative high head/neck position due to the overcheck, and it is important to include periods of poll flexion during the HSTE examination1,21, which has been shown to induce iDDSP more frequently.
- What are the descriptive and objective outcome performance measures of harness racehorses diagnosed with iDDSP using exercising URT endoscopy that subsequently underwent LTF surgery as the sole surgical procedure?
- Which are the standardized preoperative exercising endoscopy protocols for high-speed treadmill endoscopy (HSTE) or overground endoscopy?
- Which are the exercising endoscopy findings leading to a firm diagnosis of iDDSP?
How do you evaluate racing performance post operatively?
What are the complex forms of URT collapse?
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Safia Barakzai
Safia Barakzai is an internationally recognized specialist in equine surgery. Her expertise lies in soft tissue surgery, and in particular, upper respiratory disorders (‘wind’ problems), dental and sinus surgery and minimally invasive surgical techniques. She is a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons (ECVS), holds both Certificate and Diploma in Equine Soft Tissue Surgery from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) and is an RCVS and ECVS recognized surgical specialist. She has also been an associate member of the European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging (ECDVI).
She qualified from Bristol University in 1998 and started her surgical training at the University of Edinburgh the following year. After her residency, she stayed on at the University of Edinburgh until 2012, working as a senior surgeon in the R(D)SVS referral hospital managing clinical cases, performing clinical research and training many other young equine surgeons who are now surgical specialists in their own right. She then spent 5 years working as an equine surgeon in private practice in the UK and Ireland, before setting up Equine Surgical Referrals as a mobile surgical consultancy in 2017.
Safia travels around the UK and to other countries to consult on cases, perform exercising endoscopy and operate on horses, in collaboration with other veterinary practices. Safia’s clinical research includes over 80 peer reviewed publications in the veterinary literature, plus 2 full textbooks and numerous other textbook chapters. Her main research interests are diagnosis and surgery of upper respiratory tract disorders and imaging and surgical treatment of dental and sinus disorders in the horse. She sits on the Editorial Consultants Board for Equine Veterinary Journal and was previously on the Editorial Review Board for Veterinary Surgery.
She is regularly invited to speak at local, national and international veterinary conferences and has been an examiner and chief examiner for the RCVS certificate. She is also a member of the Council of the British Equine Veterinary Association.