Vol. 11, Special Issue 6 (2022)

Author(s):
Seelam Bharathi, Mulinti Raghunath and Kiran Pattanaik

Abstract:
Cervical tourniquet injury or rubber band syndrome is an uncommon finding in humans and animals. It is usually found in communities which use rubber bands for their daily aesthetic or utility purposes. The cardinal signs of a forgotten rubber band in the cervical region usually include a circumferential cicatricial scar with a chronic discharging sinus at the ventral aspect of the neck. This is the first report in veterinary medical literature of a dog suffering from a non-healing, infected, gaping, circumferential, tourniquet injury of the cervical region. Timely diagnosis and surgical management prevented complications such as sawing of the tracheal lumen and associated cervical structures, and resulted in uncomplicated recovery of the dog.