Valutazione del rapporto tra parametri morfometrici del cranio e dei diametri glottidei in cani affetti da sindrome respiratoria del cane brachicefalo

The final outcome of BAOS affected dogs after surgery is often not aligned with the presurgical prognosis and the prognostic criteria in these dogs are far from being defined. The aim of this study is to evaluate the ratio between morphometric parameters of the skull and the glottic diameters in BAOS affected dogs. Twenty BAOS affected dogs have been submitted to consecutive computer assisted measurements of the glottic (endoscopically) and skull (radiographically) diameters. The Pearson’s test showed a positive result for the correlation between zigomatic width and glottic diameter showing an increased risk for the “narrowed skull” dogs to develop laringeal collapse.