Ex vivo comparison of hand-sutured versus circular stapled anastomosis in canine large intestine.

Objective: To compare leakage pressures of colonic anastomoses performed with circular staplers to conventional hand-sewn techniques in dogs.

Study Design: Ex-vivo study.

Animals: Colon from 11 canine cadavers.

Ventral femoral head and neck ostectomy: Standard versus novel K-wire guided technique using a premeasured ostectomy angle in canine cadavers.

Objective: To assess the accuracy and efficiency of performing ventral FHO (vFHO) after measuring the ideal femoral head and neck ostectomy angle (iFHOA), with and without guidance of a K-wire. To compare the iFHOA to the previously accepted 45° angle to guide vFHOs.

Study Design: Randomized, controlled, ex vivo study.

Use of a subcutaneous ureteral bypass device for treatment of bilateral proximal ureteral injury in a 9-month-old cat.

Case Summary: A 9-month-old male domestic longhair cat presented following iatrogenic ureteral trauma after an attempted laparoscopic ovariectomy. Prior to identifying that the cat was male, both ureters were transected approximately 4 mm from the renal pelves. Initial management involved a left-sided Boari flap neoureterocystostomy, cystonephropexy and right ureteronephrectomy.

Publication Rate and Evidence-Based Evaluation of Abstracts Presented at the American College of Veterinary Surgeon's Annual Meeting.

Objective: To document the publication rate of abstracts presented at 10 ACVS conferences and report the time required for publication and level of evidence.

Study Design: Literature review.

Methods: All scientific abstracts published in the ACVS proceedings from 2001 to 2010 were reviewed.