Fenda palatina em pequenos animais - revisão de literatura e relato de caso de correção cirúrgica com tela de polipropileno, em felino.

Abstract

Cleft palate in small animals - literature review and case report of surgical correction with polypropylene mesh in a feline. The defects that affect the palate are know as cleft and can reach the lips to the soft palate. This pathology may have a congenital or acquired cause. There are two types of palatine defects which the lips and/or alveoli are called the cleft lip or primary cleft and those that affect of the soft palate and/or the hard palate that is called the secondary cleft or cleft palate. Symptoms occur mainly due to communication between the oral and nasal cavity and the most commun are nasal discharge, cough, difficulty breathing, sneezing and in more severe cases can lead to pneumonia, loss of body conditiong and even death. The diagnosis of cleft palate is on the physical examination by direct inspection of the cavity, but radiography can still be done. The treatment of this pathology is surgical in most cases and there are many techniques that can be used. The prognosis is good if the surgical treatment is performed with success. This paper describes the clinical-surgical case of a mongrel adult male cat, treated at ETAVE Veterinary Hospital in Fortaleza, CE. The animal had persistent purulent nasal secretion and constant sneezing, and after clinical examination a secondary cleft palate was diagnosed. Two surgical treatments were performed with the interval os two months ans twelve days, the first using a single flap of the palate mucosa itself to cover the slit was not effective and the second inserting a polypropylene monofilament screen into the defect for closure of the slit. Despite attempts, the polypropylene mesh implant was not effective as a method of treating the cleft palate.