Video-assisted thoracic surgery for the management of pyothorax in dogs: 14 cases.

Objective: To report the perioperative findings and outcome of dogs undergoing video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for the management of pyothorax.

Design: Multi-institutional, retrospective study.

Animals: Client-owned dogs (n = 14).

Advances in Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery, Thoracoscopy.

Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is an evolving modality in the treatment and management of a variety of pathologies affecting dogs and cats. Representative disease processes include pericardial effusion, pericardial neoplasia, cranial mediastinal neoplasia, vascular ring anomaly, pulmonary neoplasia, pulmonary blebs and bullae, spontaneous pneumothorax, and chylothorax. Several descriptive and small case reports have been published on the use of VATS in veterinary medicine.

Comparison of the mechanical behaviors of locked and nonlocked plate/screw fixation applied to experimentally induced rotational osteotomies in canine ilia.

Objective: To compare the mechanical behaviors of 2 locked (parallel and diverging screws) and 1 nonlocked (NL) version of triple pelvic osteotomy (TPO) plate/screw fixation.

Study Design: In vitro biomechanical evaluation.

Animals: Cadaveric canine hemipelves.

In vitro comparison of proximal ulnar osteotomy and distal ulnar osteotomy with release of the interosseous ligament in a canine model.

Objective: To determine the effect of proximal ulnar osteotomy (PUO), distal ulnar osteotomy (DUO), and DUO with release of the interosseous ligament (DOLR) on displacement of the proximal ulna at the radioulnar joint.

Study Design: Experimental mechanical study.

Sample Population: Cadaveric, skeletally mature canine thoracic limb pairs (n=11).

Evaluation of strength at the acrylic-pin interface for variably treated external skeletal fixator pins.

Objective: To report pullout force to failure at the acrylic-pin interface for variably treated 3.2 mm external skeletal fixator pins.

Study Design: In vitro biomechanical evaluation.

Serological survey of vector-borne zoonotic pathogens in pet cats and cats from animal shelters and feral colonies.

Although cats and their arthropod parasites can sometimes be important sources of zoonotic diseases in humans, the extent of exposure among various cat populations to many potential zoonotic agents remains incompletely described. In this study, 170 domestic cats living in private homes, feral cat colonies, and animal shelters from California and Wisconsin were evaluated by serology to determine the levels of exposure to a group of zoonotic vector-borne pathogens. Serological positive test results were observed in 17.