Effects of cold compression, bandaging, and microcurrent electrical therapy after cranial cruciate ligament repair in dogs.

Objective: To compare 4 therapeutic techniques to reduce soft tissue swelling after cranial cruciate ligament repair in the dog.

Study Design: Prospective study.

Animals: Twenty-four dogs with cranial cruciate ligament rupture (CCLR).

Measurement of serum carboxyterminal cross-linked telopeptide of type I collagen concentration in dogs with osteosarcoma.

Objective: To evaluate the usefulness of carboxyterminal cross-linked telopeptide of type I collagen (ICTP) concentrations for screening dogs for the presence of osteosarcoma.

Sample Population: 32 client-owned dogs with osteosarcoma (27 dogs with osteosarcoma of the appendicular skeleton and 5 dogs with osteosarcoma of the axial skeleton) and 44 non-tumor-bearing control dogs.

Procedures: Serum was obtained from blood samples collected from dogs with osteosarcoma and from clinically normal dogs.

Evaluation of an osteoconductive resorbable calcium phosphate cement and polymethylmethacrylate for augmentation of orthopedic screws in the pelvis of canine cadavers.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of an osteoconductive resorbable calcium phosphate cement (CPC) on the holding power of bone screws in canine pelvises and to compare the effect with that for polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA).

Sample Population: 35 pelvises obtained from canine cadavers.

Procedure: Each pelvis was sectioned longitudinally.

Isolation, characterization, and expression of stromelysin-1 in primary tumors of dogs.

Objective: To isolate and characterize the cDNA sequence of canine stromelysin-1 (matrix metalloproteinase [MMPI-3), screen various naturally developing primary tumors of dogs, and assess the effect of stromelysin-1 on survival of dogs with cancer.

Sample Population: 3 canine cell lines and biopsy specimens of primary tumors collected from 54 dogs.

Procedure: 3 canine cell lines and biopsy specimens of primary tumors collected from 54 dogs at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital were used in the study.

Pre- and postoperative radiographic and computed tomographic evaluation of dogs with medial patellar luxation.

Objective: To quantify, using radiographic and computed tomographic (CT) techniques, the effects of surgical procedures most commonly combined to treat dogs with medial patellar luxation (MPL).

Study Design: Prospective study.

Methods: Six dogs with 8 MPL were studied.

Sending data to a central repository.

The Veterinary Medical DataBases (VMDB) has been collecting data from participating institutions for 40 years. We have recently started a program to collect clinical case data from not only veterinary schools but from veterinary practitioners as well. In so doing, we are using commonly accepted means of data representation and transmission.

Isolation, characterization, and expression of feline stromelysin-1 in naturally developing tumors in cats.

Objective: To detect, isolate, and characterize feline stromelysin-1 (ie, matrix metalloproteinase [MMP]-3) in naturally developing tumors in cats.

Sample Population: 31 tissue samples obtained from primary tumors and 6 samples of normal tissues from cats.

Procedure: Biopsy specimens were obtained from primary tumors.

Systolic blood pressure in cats with diabetes mellitus.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of systemic hypertension in cats with diabetes mellitus and establish ranges for echocardiographic variables in diabetic cats.

Design: Prospective study.

Animals: 14 cats with diabetes mellitus and 19 healthy control cats.

Comparison of two heated gutta-percha obturation techniques of the mandibular first molar in the dog.

An in vitro study compared two heated gutta-percha obturation techniques of the mandibular first molar in the dog. Thirty hemimandibles were harvested from adult dog cadavers. The mandibular first molars were instrumented and obturated using either the ThermaFil Plus technique or the SuccessFil vertical compaction technique.