Fracture repair using a polyaxial locking plate system (PAX).

Objectives: To report outcomes and complications of dog and cat fractures treated with the polyaxial locking plate system (PAX).

Study Design: Case series.

Animals: Dogs (n = 60) and 2 cats.

An analysis of the quality of canine cranial cruciate ligament disease information available on the Internet.

Objective: To assess the quality of information available on the Internet pertaining to canine cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) disease.

Study Design: Survey Study.

Methods: Three search phrases were entered separately into 5 search engines and the 1st page of websites from each search was analyzed.

Severity of patellar luxation and frequency of concomitant cranial cruciate ligament rupture in dogs: 162 cases (2004-2007).

Objective: To evaluate severity of medial patellar luxation (MPL) and frequency of concomitant cranial cruciate ligament rupture (CCLR) in dogs.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Animals: 162 dogs (266 stifle joints).

Effect of surgical technique on limb function after surgery for rupture of the cranial cruciate ligament in dogs.

Objective: To determine the outcome and effect of surgical technique on limb function after surgery for rupture of the cranial cruciate ligament (RCCL) and injury to the medial meniscus in Labrador Retrievers.

Study Design: Prospective clinical study.

Animals: 131 Labrador Retrievers with unilateral RCCL and injury to the medial meniscus and 17 clinically normal Labrador Retrievers.

Use of pressure platform gait analysis in cats with and without bilateral onychectomy.

Objective: To determine peak vertical force (PVF) and vertical impulse (VI) in cats that had or had not undergone bilateral forelimb onychectomy.

Animals: 26 healthy adult cats.

Procedure: Onychectomized cats (n = 13) had undergone surgery more than 6 months prior to the study.

Assessing the efficacy of perioperative oral carprofen after cranial cruciate surgery using noninvasive, objective pressure platform gait analysis.

Objective: To document, using pressure platform gait analysis, the effect of perioperative oral carprofen on limb function and pain after cranial cruciate ligament surgery in dogs.

Study Design: Blinded, prospective clinical investigation.

Animals: Twenty dogs with naturally occurring unilateral cranial cruciate disease.

Biological osteosynthesis versus traditional anatomic reconstruction of 20 long-bone fractures using an interlocking nail: 1994-2001.

Objective: To observe differences in surgical and healing times as well as complication rates in dogs with a comminuted long-bone fracture stabilized with an interlocking nail (IN) using either anatomic or biologic repair.

Study Design: Retrospective study.

Animals: Twenty client-owned dogs with comminuted long-bone fractures.

Gastric outflow obstruction after ingestion of wood glue in a dog.

A 2-year-old, male, mixed-breed dog presented with a 12-day history of vomiting, depression, and weight loss after ingestion of industrial-strength wood glue containing diphenylmethane diisocyanate as its active ingredient. A diagnosis of gastric foreign body was made from survey abdominal radiographs. A large aggregate of solidified wood glue was surgically removed, and the dog recovered uneventfully.