Lumbar Epidural: Anatomical and Clinical Study in Dogs Submitted to Ovariohysterectomy.

Epidural anesthesia minimizes perioperative pain in dogs. It is considered that epidural solution dispersion in cadavers is similar to alive dogs. The objective of the anatomical study was to compare the dispersion of 0.

SPINAL ANESTHESIA IN GREEN SEA TURTLES () UNDERGOING SURGICAL REMOVAL OF CUTANEOUS FIBROPAPILLOMAS.

Techniques for anesthesia of green sea turtles () are required for medical treatment. The use of spinal anesthesia has been reported in a few species of turtles for different purposes. The objective of this study was to evaluate the use of 2% lidocaine for spinal anesthesia of green sea turtles undergoing surgical removal of cutaneous fibropapillomas.

Ultrasonographic study of a modified axillary approach to block the major branches of the brachial plexus in dogs.

Objective: To provide ultrasonographic mapping of the axillary region of dogs to facilitate identification of the major branches of the brachial plexus in relation to the axillary artery.

Study Design: Prospective study.

Animals: A total of two dog cadavers and 50 client-owned, healthy dogs weighing >15 kg.

The use of ultrasound to assist epidural injection in obese dogs.

Objective: To evaluate the use of ultrasound for identifying the site for needle puncture and to determine the depth to the epidural space in obese dogs.

Study Design: Prospective study in dogs undergoing elective orthopedic surgery.

Animals: A group of seven obese Labrador male dogs aged 6.

Preliminary study of a teaching model for ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blockade and effects on the learning curve in veterinary anesthesia residents.

Objective: To evaluate the use of an experimental colloid model for teaching veterinary anesthesia residents ultrasound-guided technique for nerve blockade.

Study Design: Prospective, blinded and randomized.

Methods: Colloid models were constructed for practice in ultrasound-guided needle location.

Assessment of bone healing in rabbit calvaria grafted with three different biomaterials.

This study evaluated the bone regeneration process in rabbit calvaria induced by three types of biomaterials: two xenogenous, consisting of deproteinized bovine bone, while the other was alloplastic, based on biphasic calcium phosphate. Five New Zealand white rabbits weighing between 2,900 and 3,500 g were submitted to four standard 8 mm-diameter perforations at the parietal bone. Three perforations were filled with three grafts and biomaterials, two of them received bovine Bio-Oss® and Endobon® Xenograft Granules, and the other consisted of fully alloplastic Straumann® Bone Ceramic.

Perioperative evaluation of tumescent anaesthesia technique in bitches submitted to unilateral mastectomy.

Background: Tumescent anaesthesia (TA) is a widely used technique in oncologic surgeries necessitating large resection margins. This technique produces transoperative and postoperative analgesia, reduces surgical bleeding, and facilitates tissue divulsion. This prospective, randomised, blind study evaluated the use of TA in bitches submitted to mastectomy and compared the effect of TA with an intravenous fentanyl bolus.

A new brachial plexus block technique in dogs.

Objective: To evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of a new technique of brachial plexus anesthesia in dogs.

Study Design: Prospective, experimental study.

Animals: Twelve adult mongrel dogs, six males and six females weighing 14.