Long-term outcomes associated with a modified versus traditional closed anal sacculectomy for treatment of canine anal sac neoplasia.

Objective: To report the short-term and long-term outcomes of dogs that underwent the modified closed and traditional closed anal sacculectomy procedures for the treatment of anal sac neoplasia.

Animals: 90 client-owned dogs.

Methods: The medical records of 2 tertiary referral hospitals were reviewed to identify dogs that underwent anal sacculectomy for treatment of anal sac neoplasia between January 2016 and December 2020.

Reliability in performance assessment creates a potential application of artificial intelligence in veterinary education: evaluation of suturing skills at a single institution.

Objectives: To evaluate suturing skills of veterinary students using 3 common performance assessments (PAs) and to compare findings to data obtained by an electromyographic armband.

Sample: 16 second-year veterinary students.

Procedures: Students performed 4 suturing tasks on synthetic tissue models 1, 3, and 5 weeks after a surgical skills course.

Ala vestibuloplasty improves cardiopulmonary and activity-related parameters in brachycephalic cats.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of ala vestibuloplasty on cardiopulmonary and lifestyle-related parameters in brachycephalic (BC) cats.

Study Design: Prospective cohort.

Animals: Client-owned BC cats (n = 19).

Influence of feline brachycephaly on respiratory, gastrointestinal, sleep, and activity abnormalities.

Objective: To determine the influence of brachycephaly on respiratory, gastrointestinal, sleep, and activity-related parameters in cats.

Study Design: Prospective questionnaire-based study.

Animals: A total of 194 BC and 1003 non-BC cats.

Autologous blood pleurodesis for surgical pneumothorax and outcome with multimodal cancer treatment in a dog with primary pulmonary mast cell tumor.

A dog underwent lung lobectomy for removal of a mass. Histopathology was consistent with narrow resection of a mast cell tumor. Postoperative pneumothorax was successfully treated using autologous blood pleurodesis.

Biomechanical properties of canine staphylectomies closed with barbed or smooth suture.

Objective: To compare the duration of closure and biomechanical properties of staphylectomies closed with absorbable bidirectional barbed suture or smooth monofilament suture in a simple continuous or interrupted pattern STUDY DESIGN: Ex vivo study SAMPLE POPULATION: Soft palates (n = 60) harvested from mesaticephalic canine cadavers METHODS: One centimeter of tissue was excised from the caudal border of each soft palate, and the oral and nasopharyngeal mucosal surfaces were apposed with 2-0 bidirectional Quill Monoderm knotless closure device barbed suture (Q), 3-0 Monocryl in a simple continuous (MC) pattern, or 3-0 Monocryl in a simple interrupted (MI) pattern (n = 20 per group). Duration of closure was compared between groups. Tissues were tested under tension to failure, and mode of failure data were collected by video capture.

Meniscal click in cranial cruciate deficient stifles as a predictor of specific meniscal pathology.

Objective: To determine the predictive value of meniscal click for specific meniscal tear morphology.

Study Design: Prospective cohort.

Animals: Client-owned dogs (104) with cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) deficiency treated with stifle arthroscopy (111).