Prospective, randomized, double blind comparison of suture materials with and without triclosan in dogs undergoing tibial plateau leveling osteotomy.

Objectives: To determine if triclosan-impregnated suture decreases surgical site infection rates after tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO) in dogs.

Sample Population: There were 116 dogs with naturally occurring cranial cruciate ligament disease presenting for treatment with TPLO.

Procedures: Written consent was obtained by all clients in order to be included in this study.

Use of vessel sealing system for multiple partial lung lobectomies for spontaneous pneumothorax.

A wolf hybrid dog was presented for dyspnea and tachypnea. Thoracic radiographs revealed a pneumothorax. A median sternotomy was performed, and multiple pulmonary blebs were identified on several lung lobes.