COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN CANINE ELBOWS ARTHROSCOPICALLY DIAGNOSED WITH EROSION OF THE MEDIAL COMPARTMENT: AN ANALYTICAL METHOD COMPARISON STUDY.

Medial compartment erosion is an advanced stage of medial coronoid disease, an important cause of elbow lameness in dogs, with treatment and the expected prognosis depending on the extent of the cartilage lesions. The identification of specific computed tomographic (CT) findings might facilitate the nonsurgical diagnosis and add to treatment decision making. Aims of this retrospective, analytical, method comparison study were to describe CT findings in elbows of dogs arthroscopically diagnosed with medial compartment erosion and to compare CT vs.

Arthroscopic, Computed Tomography, and Radiographic Findings in 25 Dogs With Lameness After Arthroscopic Treatment of Medial Coronoid Disease.

Objective: To describe the radiographic, computed tomography (CT), and arthroscopic findings in the elbow of dogs admitted for elbow lameness after previous arthroscopic treatment of medial coronoid disease (MCD).

Study Design: Retrospective case series.

Animals: Client-owned dogs (n = 25) admitted for elbow lameness after arthroscopic treatment.

Perioperative changes in cardiac troponin I concentrations in dogs.

This study determines the influence of general anesthesia on serum cardiac troponin I (cTnI) concentrations in dogs. All dogs showed no abnormalities on clinical and echocardiographic examination. Venous blood samples were drawn within 12 h of induction and 12 h after discontinuation of anesthesia.