Consumer Expectations and Attitudes About Psychotherapy: Survey Study.

Background: Although mental illness is common among adults in the United States, access to, and public perception of, mental health care continue to present as key barriers to care.

Objective: Given the importance of attitudes toward, and perceptions of, mental health treatment in the successful access to mental health care and treatment of mental health issues, the primary goal of this survey study was to further investigate consumer perspectives of psychotherapy among adults in the United States; specifically, adding to the literature by investigating perceptions of both the general public and patients receiving telehealth. More specifically, the aims were to better understand openness to, and satisfaction with, therapy; perceptions, preferences, and expectations around therapy; and perceptions of psychotropic medication.

Intensive Adoption as a Management Strategy for Unowned, Urban Cats: A Case Study of 25 Years of Trap-Assess-Resolve (TAR) in Auckland, New Zealand.

Globally, unowned urban cats are a major concern because they may suffer from poor welfare and cause problems, including public health risks, nuisances, and urban wildlife predation. While management options are often presented as a choice between culling or trap−neuter−return (TNR), for 25 years, the Lonely Miaow (Inc.) charity in Auckland, New Zealand (hereafter LM), has used a third strategy—intensive adoption or trap−assess−resolve (TAR).

Outcome with surgical treatment of canine soft tissue sarcoma in the region of the ischiatic tuberosity: A veterinary society of surgical oncology retrospective study.

The aim of this study was to determine the outcome of dogs with soft tissue sarcoma (STS) within the region of the ischiatic tuberosity (ITSTS) treated surgically. This was a multi-institutional retrospective study. Fifty-two dogs met the inclusion criteria, which were: histologically confirmed STS in the region of the IT treated with surgical resection between March 1st, 2009 and March 1st, 2021 with a minimum follow-up time of 6 months.

Internal hemipelvectomy with ischiectomy, partial acetabulectomy, and femoral head and neck excision in a cat with a pelvic osteochondroma.

Case Description: A 2-year-old 5.1-kg (11.2-lb) castrated male Siberian cat was examined because of a history of an abnormal right pelvic limb gait and a 4- to 5-month history of progressive constipation.

Survival time of juvenile dogs with oral squamous cell carcinoma treated with surgery alone: A Veterinary Society of Surgical Oncology retrospective study.

Objective: To report the signalment, staging, surgical treatment, and survival time of juvenile dogs treated surgically for oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC).

Study Design: Retrospective study.

Animals Or Sample Population: Twenty-five dogs, <2 years of age with OSCC treated with surgery.

Feasibility and efficacy of ultrasonographic and laparoscopic guidance for microwave ablation of clinically normal canine ovaries.

Objective: To determine the optimal energy profile for and to assess the feasibility and efficacy of ultrasonographic and laparoscopic guidance for microwave ablation (MWA) of clinically normal canine ovaries.

Sample: 44 extirpated ovaries from 22 healthy dogs.

Procedures: In the first of 2 trials, 13 dogs underwent oophorectomy by routine laparotomy.

Noise levels in an academic veterinary intensive care unit.

Objective: To quantify the noise levels in a veterinary Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and ascertain how they compare to current recommendations in the human literature.

Design: A Larson Davis SoundTrack LXT Sound Meter device measured noise levels in a veterinary ICU for 41 days.

Setting: Specialty referral academic small animal teaching hospital ICU.

Osteosarcoma of the proximal tibia in a dog 6 years after tibial tuberosity advancement.

A 9-year-old spayed female Cane Corso dog was presented with a 1-week history of an acute right hind limb non-weight-bearing lameness. Six years previously, a right tibial tuberosity advancement (TTA) procedure had been performed. Orthogonal radiographs of the right pelvic limb taken before presentation revealed a comminuted displaced mid-diaphyseal tibial fracture.

Effect of timing of bisphosphonate administration on canine osteosarcoma cells undergoing radiation therapy.

The effects of radiation therapy may be potentiated by combining radiation therapy with secondary therapies. Clinically, radiation therapy has been combined with bisphosphonates for treatment of canine appendicular osteosarcoma for years. The objective of this study was to determine if the timing of administration of bisphosphonates in relation to radiation therapy alters clonogenic survival or cell viability of canine osteosarcoma cells Canine osteosarcoma cells were treated before administration of radiation, concurrent with radiation, or after radiation.

The outcome for feline non-hypersecretory thyroid carcinoma after thyroidectomy.

A 14-year-old neutered male cat was presented because of a left ventral cervical mass. Based on imaging, the mass was suspected to have a thyroid origin. There was no evidence of gross metastatic disease or hyperthyroidism.

Effect of perioperative desmopressin in cats with mammary carcinoma treated with bilateral mastectomy.

Perioperative administration of desmopressin has shown to significantly decrease rates of local recurrence and metastasis, and increase survival times in dogs with grade II and III mammary carcinomas. The objective of this study was to compare the oncologic outcome of cats with mammary carcinoma treated with bilateral mastectomy with or without perioperative administration of desmopressin. Medical records from nine veterinary institutions were searched to identify cats diagnosed with mammary carcinoma treated with bilateral mastectomy.

Influence of speaker's gender on speaker introductions at the 2018 ACVS Surgical Summit.

Objective: To evaluate whether formality of introduction differed between male vs female speakers at the 2018 American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS) scientific meeting and identify other variables that predisposed introducers or chairs to informal introduction.

Study Design: Observational study.

Sample Population: Thirteen session chairs introducing 68 lectures (41 by females, 27 by males) by 63 speakers.

Outcome in dogs undergoing adrenalectomy for small adrenal gland tumours without vascular invasion.

Veterinary studies have reported the outcome of adrenalectomies in dogs; however, these studies typically include a wide variety of adrenal tumour sizes, including cases with or without vascular invasion. The purpose of this study was to report outcome in a cohort of dogs with histologically confirmed small adrenal tumours without vascular invasion treated with adrenalectomy. This retrospective study was conducted using data from the University of Florida and University of California-Davis databases between 2010 and 2017.

Outcomes of eight cats with oral neoplasia treated with radical mandibulectomy.

Objective: To report outcomes after radical mandibulectomy in cats.

Study Design: Multi-institutional retrospective study.

Animals: Eight cats were included.

Iliectomy with limb preservation for a dog with ilial osteosarcoma: Surgical description and case report.

Objective: To report the surgical technique for iliectomy and outcome in a single clinical case.

Study Design: Case report.

Animal: A 10-year-old female spayed Rottweiler.

Interventions and experience after complicated total cystectomy in a dog with transitional cell carcinoma.

Objective: To report surgical and postoperative management of complicated total cystectomy in a dog with transitional cell carcinoma (TCC).

Study Design: Case report.

Animals: One male neutered Shetland sheepdog.

Complications and outcomes associated with unilateral thyroidectomy in dogs with naturally occurring thyroid tumors: 156 cases (2003-2015).

Objective: To describe complications and outcomes of dogs undergoing unilateral thyroidectomy for the treatment of thyroid tumors.

Animals: 156 dogs undergoing unilateral thyroidectomy for a naturally occurring thyroid tumor.

Procedures: Dogs that underwent a unilateral thyroidectomy in 2003 through 2015 were included in a multi-institutional retrospective study.

Limb-shortening limb salvage (LSLS) in a cat with metatarsal osteosarcoma.

The objective of this report was to document a successful partial limb amputation surgery in a cat with metatarsal osteosarcoma (OSA) including the use of pad grafts from the amputated foot. Limb shortening of the hindlimb through a partial amputation resulted in excellent limb function and usage. The patient retained functional use of the limb after surgery, with no lameness.

Modified balloon-catheter-assisted closed anal sacculectomy in the dog: Description of surgical technique.

The aim of this report is to describe a modified Foley catheter technique for anal sacculectomy. A standard approach used for a closed anal sacculectomy was performed. The duct of the anal sac was then freed from the surrounding tissues and ligated.

Nonselective Lymph Node Dissection and Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping and Biopsy.

Clinical staging is important for determining the extent of disease in animals with malignant cancers. The status of the lymph node will help determine whether adjuvant treatment is indicated. Historically, the regional anatomic lymph node has been sampled to determine the presence or absence of metastatic disease, but there is increasing evidence that the regional anatomic lymph node is often different to the sentinel lymph node.

Perioperative morbidity and mortality in dogs with invasive adrenal neoplasms treated by adrenalectomy and cavotomy.

Objective: To report the morbidity and mortality associated with adrenalectomy with cavotomy for resection of invasive adrenal neoplasms in dogs and evaluate risk factors for perioperative outcomes.

Study Design: Retrospective study.

Animals: Forty-five client-owned dogs.

Use of computed tomography and radiation therapy planning software to develop a novel formula for body surface area calculation in dogs.

Background: Body surface area (BSA) can reflect metabolic rate that might normalize dosing of chemotherapeutics across widely variable weights within a species. The current BSA formula for dogs lacks height, length, and body condition.

Hypothesis: Computed tomography (CT) imaging will allow inclusion of morphometric variables in allometric modeling of BSA in dogs resulting in an improved formula for BSA estimation.

Ventral mandibulectomy for removal of oral tumours in the dog: Surgical technique and results in 19 cases.

The purpose of this retrospective study is to describe in detail a novel ventral approach for mandibulectomy and the results in 19 dogs. The medical records of 19 dogs that received a partial or total unilateral mandibulectomy with the new ventral approach were reviewed. Information obtained included signalment, tumour type, extent of mandibulectomy, removal of regional lymph nodes, intrasurgical complications, immediate postoperative complications, histopathological diagnosis and study of margins.