Effects of perineural dexmedetomidine combined with ropivacaine on postoperative methadone requirements in dogs after tibial plateau levelling osteotomy: a two-centre study.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of a perineural injection of dexmedetomidine combined with ropivacaine for reducing postoperative methadone requirements in dogs after tibial plateau levelling osteotomy (TPLO).

Study Design: A prospective, clinical, randomized and blinded trial.

Animals: A total of 58 client-owned dogs.

Comparison of the biomechanical performance of a customized unilateral locking compression plate with and without an intervertebral spacer applied to the first and second lumbar vertebrae after intervertebral diskectomy in canine cadaveric specimens.

Objective: To determine whether a customized unilateral intervertebral anchored fusion device combined with (vs without) an intervertebral spacer would increase the stability of the L1-L2 motion segment following complete intervertebral diskectomy in canine cadaveric specimens.

Sample: Vertebral columns from T13 through L3 harvested from 16 skeletally mature Beagles without thoracolumbar disease.

Procedures: Complete diskectomy of the L1-2 disk was performed in each specimen.