Treatment, prognosis, and outcome of dogs treated for rectal plasmacytoma: a multicentric retrospective study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to report the outcome and prognosis of canine patients treated medically or surgically for rectal plasmacytomas and to identify factors associated with recurrence, mortality, or progression to multiple myeloma.

Methods: The databases of 7 referral hospitals were reviewed. The Kaplan-Meier method and Cox proportional hazards analysis were used to determine the association of a range of variables with recurrence and progression-free interval for the surgically treated patients.

Long-Term Outcome of Female Dogs Treated with Static Hydraulic Urethral Sphincter for Urethral Sphincter Mechanism Incompetence.

The purpose of the study was to report the postoperative outcome, complications, and long-term follow-up of the use of a static hydraulic urethral sphincter for the management of urethral sphincter mechanism incompetence in female dogs. Medical records were reviewed to extract information on long-term (>365 days) outcome data. Telephone owner questionnaire was performed to assess postoperative urinary continence scores (scale 1-10, where 10 is complete continence) and the presence and frequency of complications.

Open-mouth jaw locking in cats: a literature review and use of CT in three cases.

Case Series Summary: This report summarises and reviews the published cases of open-mouth jaw locking in cats and describes three further cases. Case 1 was a 5-year-old, 5.3 kg male neutered domestic shorthair cat.

Electrosurgery reduces blood loss and immediate postoperative inflammation compared to cold instruments for midline celiotomy in dogs: A randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: To compare the use of an electrosurgical device with traditional cold instruments (scalpel and scissors) for midline celiotomy incision.

Study Design: Prospective randomized controlled clinical trial.

Sample Population: One hundred and twenty client-owned dogs undergoing abdominal surgery.

Suspected bilateral phrenic nerve damage following a mediastinal mass removal in a 17-week-old pug.

The anesthetic management of a pediatric pug for removal of a mediastinal mass is described. During recovery from anesthesia, the dog's respiratory pattern was compatible with bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis. Incidence, complications, possible treatments of phrenic nerve injury, problems of long-term mechanical ventilation, and alternative case management are discussed.

Tensile Comparison of Polydioxanone, Polyglyconate, and Barbed Glycolide-Trimethylene Carbonate Suture in Canine Cadaveric Tensor Fascia Lata.

Objective: To compare the mode of failure, load at yield, ultimate load to failure and stiffness of non-barbed polydioxanone, non-barbed polyglyconate and barbed glycolide-trimethylene carbonate (GTC) suture in canine cadaveric fascia.

Study Design: Ex vivo biomechanical study.

Sample Population: 18 fascia lata specimens from 9 canine cadavers.

Surgical resolution of an oesophageal duplication cyst causing regurgitation in a domestic shorthair cat.

Case Summary: An 18-month-old female domestic shorthair cat was referred for investigation of a 6 month period of regurgitation. Contrast radiography indicated an intramural oesophageal structure. Ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of the area retrieved viscous fluid containing high numbers of squamous epithelial cells.

Myelomeningocoele and a dermoid sinus-like lesion in a French bulldog.

A 2-year-old male French bulldog was presented for investigation of lumbosacral pain and hindlimb ataxia associated with urinary and fecal incontinence. Survey radiography, myelography, and computed tomography images were suggestive of a dermoid sinus with associated spina bifida. Surgical intervention led to a resolution of pain and neurological deficits.

Thoracoscopic resection of right auricular masses in dogs: 9 cases (2003-2011).

Objective: To determine the feasibility of thoracoscopic resection of masses located on the right auricle in dogs.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Animals: Dogs (n = 9) with a mass on the right auricle.

Successful surgical treatment of a suspected iatrogenic arytenoid cartilage fracture in a dog.

A 3-year-old, intact female golden retriever was presented with a sudden onset of inspiratory obstructive dyspnea following general anesthesia to perform a mastectomy. The cuneiform process of the left arytenoid cartilage was found to be extremely mobile on laryngeal examination. Fracture of the cuneiform process of the left arytenoid cartilage was diagnosed.

Liver size, bodyweight, and tolerance to acute complete occlusion of congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunts in dogs.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between preoperative liver size, bodyweight, and tolerance to shunt occlusion in dogs with congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunt(s) (CPSS).

Study Design: Longitudinal cohort study.

Animals: Dogs with CPSS (n=35).

Acute oropharyngeal and esophageal stick injury in forty-one dogs.

Objective: To report clinical findings, treatment, and outcome in dogs with acute (<7 days) oropharyngeal or esophageal stick injury.

Study Design: Retrospective study.

Animals: Dogs (n=41) with acute oropharyngeal or esophageal injury.