Complete resection of the alar folds in eight standing horses with a bipolar dividing and vessel‐sealing device

Objective To describe a resection technique of the alar folds in the standing horse. Study design Retrospective case study. Animals Eight Standardbred racing trotters. Methods Horses in which alar fold collapse had been diagnosed between 2017 and 2018 were included in this study. All horses underwent alar fold resection under standing sedation and regional anesthesia with a bipolar electrosurgical open sealer/divider device (LigaSure). Intraoperative and postoperative complications were recorded. A Wilcoxon signed‐rank test was used to compare differences in median prize money earning pre‐surgery and post‐surgery (P