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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Vet. Sci.

Sec. Veterinary Surgery

Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fvets.2025.1607711

Evaluation of a Caudal Midline Glossectomy on Tongue Volume and Upper Airway Cross-sectional Areas in Brachycephalic Dogs: A Cadaveric Study

Provisionally accepted
  • Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Tufts University, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, MA, United States

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Thank you for the continued opportunity to revise and improve our manuscript, titled "Evaluation of a Caudal Midline Glossectomy on Tongue Volume and Upper Airway Cross-sectional Areas in Brachycephalic Dogs: A Cadaveric Study," for consideration in Frontiers in Veterinary Surgery.We appreciate the additional reviewer feedback and have carefully addressed all remaining comments in this revised submission. We believe these revisions further enhance the clarity of our work. As noted previously, timely acceptance of this manuscript is important for board examination eligibility, and we are grateful for your consideration and support throughout the review process.Please do not hesitate to reach out with any further questions or suggestions. We look forward to your response.

Keywords: Boas, Brachycephalic, Brachycephalic airway obstruction syndrome, Macroglossia, Glossectomy

Received: 08 Apr 2025; Accepted: 14 Jul 2025.

Copyright: © 2025 Colberg, Kudej, Moyer, Peters and Karlin. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence: Ray Kudej, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Tufts University, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, MA, United States

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