Two doses of subcutaneous methadone for postoperative analgesia in dogs undergoing tibial plateau levelling osteotomies.

Objectives: To evaluate analgesia, sedation and adverse effects of two doses of subcutaneous methadone in dogs undergoing tibial plateau levelling osteotomy.

Materials And Methods: Seventeen client-owned dogs undergoing unilateral tibial plateau levelling osteotomy were randomly allocated to receive either 0.25 mg/kg methadone (eight dogs) or 0.

Association between total hypercalcaemia and iliosacral lymph node metastasis in dogs diagnosed with anal sac adenocarcinoma using abdominal ultrasonography.

Background: Anal sac adenocarcinoma (ASACA) in dogs is a malignant perianal tumour that often metastasizes to the iliosacral lymph nodes. Additionally, this tumour can be associated with hypercalcemia of malignancy. To date, no study has looked at the association between increased blood calcium levels and suspected or confirmed lymph node metastasis as a primary objective.

Racial and Ethnic Variation in Complementary and Integrative Health Therapy Use Among US Veterans.

Importance: White individuals are the greatest users of complementary and integrative health (CIH) therapies in the general population, but this might partially be due to differences in age, health condition, and location. Identifying the nuances in racial and ethnic differences in care is one important step to addressing them.

Objective: To evaluate racial and ethnic differences in Veterans Affairs (VA)-covered CIH therapy use in a more nuanced manner by examining the association of 5 demographic characteristics, health conditions, and medical facility locations with those differences.

Axial twisting within an ending loop of a continuous suture pattern affects the biomechanical properties of knots of certain suture sizes and types.

Objective: To determine whether axial twisting within an ending loop negatively impacts maximum load to failure and failure mode of suture knots.

Samples: 525 knots (15 samples each of 7 different suture types/sizes tested in 5 knot-twist configurations each).

Procedures: Each suture type (polydioxanone [PDO], Monoderm [polyglecaprone 25], and Nylon) and size (1, 0, 2-0, 3-0) were used to create a starting square knot, and each of the following ending square knot configurations: 0 twists, 1 twist, 4 twists, and 10 twists.

Blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled study of the efficacy of bupivacaine liposomal suspension using static bodyweight distribution and subjective pain scoring in dogs after tibial plateau leveling osteotomy surgery.

Objective: To compare the analgesic effect of surgical wound infiltration with liposomal bupivacaine (LB) to saline placebo in dogs after tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO).

Study Design: Blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical prospective study.

Animals: Fifteen client-owned dogs receiving LB and 17 dogs receiving an equivalent volume of saline placebo, all with confirmed unilateral cranial cruciate ligament insufficiency.