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Clinical, biological, macroscopic, and histologic assessments were scheduled over 14 days.<\/jats:p>\n \n The duration of surgery was significantly shorter for the PBRA group. The C-reactive protein concentrations were significantly higher in the PBRA group at 6 hr and on day 3 (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < .05) but with values very close to the baseline. C-reactive protein concentrations were maximal, but with low values (<25 mg\/L), at day 1 for both techniques. The irregularity scores for the soft palate caudal border on days 1, 3, and 14 were significantly higher in the INC group than in the PBRA group (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < .05). The main histopathologic changes were the presence of superficial granulomas and a significantly greater depth of tissue damage in the INC group (2.5 \u00b1 0.3 mm) compared with the PBRA group (1.5 \u00b1 0.1 mm;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < .05).\n <\/jats:p>\n PBRA compared favorably with the traditional technique in terms of ease, duration of surgery, and depth of tissue damage. Future studies are warranted to validate its effectiveness for treating brachycephalic airway obstruction syndrome in dogs.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5326\/jaaha-ms-6668","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,7,24]],"date-time":"2018-07-24T16:49:58Z","timestamp":1532450998000},"page":"267-275","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Plasma-Mediated Bipolar Radiofrequency Ablation of Overlong Soft Palate in the Dog: A Pilot Study"],"prefix":"10.5326","volume":"54","author":[{"given":"Sophie","family":"Palierne","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Clinical Research Unit (S.P., P.M., A.B., M.S., G.R., A.A.) and Department of Biological and Fundamental Sciences (M.D., M-O.S.), Ecole Nationale V\u00e9t\u00e9rinaire de Toulouse, Universit\u00e9 de Toulouse, Toulouse, France."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Patricia","family":"Meynaud","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Clinical Research Unit (S.P., P.M., A.B., M.S., G.R., A.A.) and Department of Biological and Fundamental Sciences (M.D., M-O.S.), Ecole Nationale V\u00e9t\u00e9rinaire de Toulouse, Universit\u00e9 de Toulouse, Toulouse, France."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alexis","family":"Bilmont","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Clinical Research Unit (S.P., P.M., A.B., M.S., G.R., A.A.) and Department of Biological and Fundamental Sciences (M.D., M-O.S.), Ecole Nationale V\u00e9t\u00e9rinaire de Toulouse, Universit\u00e9 de Toulouse, Toulouse, France."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maxence","family":"Delverdier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Clinical Research Unit (S.P., P.M., A.B., M.S., G.R., A.A.) and Department of Biological and Fundamental Sciences (M.D., M-O.S.), Ecole Nationale V\u00e9t\u00e9rinaire de Toulouse, Universit\u00e9 de Toulouse, Toulouse, France."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marie-Odile","family":"Semin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Clinical Research Unit (S.P., P.M., A.B., M.S., G.R., A.A.) and Department of Biological and Fundamental Sciences (M.D., M-O.S.), Ecole Nationale V\u00e9t\u00e9rinaire de Toulouse, Universit\u00e9 de Toulouse, Toulouse, France."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mailys","family":"Stieglitz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Clinical Research Unit (S.P., P.M., A.B., M.S., G.R., A.A.) and Department of Biological and Fundamental Sciences (M.D., M-O.S.), Ecole Nationale V\u00e9t\u00e9rinaire de Toulouse, Universit\u00e9 de Toulouse, Toulouse, France."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Guillaume","family":"Riviere","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Clinical Research Unit (S.P., P.M., A.B., M.S., G.R., A.A.) and Department of Biological and Fundamental Sciences (M.D., M-O.S.), Ecole Nationale V\u00e9t\u00e9rinaire de Toulouse, Universit\u00e9 de Toulouse, Toulouse, France."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Andr\u00e9","family":"Autefage","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Clinical Research Unit (S.P., P.M., A.B., M.S., G.R., A.A.) and Department of Biological and Fundamental Sciences (M.D., M-O.S.), Ecole Nationale V\u00e9t\u00e9rinaire de Toulouse, Universit\u00e9 de Toulouse, Toulouse, France."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"3280","reference":[{"issue":"7","key":"bib1","series-title":"Compend Contin Educ Vet","first-page":"E3","article-title":"Brachycephalic airway syndrome: pathophysiology and diagnosis","volume":"34","author":"Lodato\n DL","year":"2012","unstructured":"Lodato\n DL\n , HedlundCS. 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