Evaluation of a staged technique of immediate decompressive and delayed surgical treatment for gastric dilatation-volvulus in dogs.

Objective: To evaluate a staged technique of immediate decompressive and delayed surgical treatment for gastric dilatation-volvulus (GDV) in dogs.

Animals: 41 client-owned dogs with confirmed GDV from 2012 through 2016.

Procedures: Medical record data were collected regarding patient signalment, diagnostic test results, gastric lavage findings, surgical findings, and short-term survival status.

Osteosarcoma following tibial plateau leveling osteotomy in dogs: 29 cases (1997-2011).

Objective: To determine the signalment, tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO) plate type, clinical staging information, treatment, and oncological outcome in dogs that developed osteosarcoma at the proximal aspect of the tibia following TPLO and to calculate the interval between TPLO and osteosarcoma diagnosis.

Design: Multi-institutional retrospective case series.

Animals: 29 dogs.

Association between previous splenectomy and gastric dilatation-volvulus in dogs: 453 cases (2004-2009).

Objective: To evaluate the association between previous splenectomy and gastric dilatation-volvulus (GDV) in dogs.

Design: Multi-institutional retrospective case-control study. Animals-151 dogs treated surgically for GDV and 302 control dogs with no history of GDV.