Prospective measurement of outcomes and complications of tibial tuberosity advancement using novel mini plates in small breed dogs.

Cranial cruciate ligament (CrCL) disease is a common orthopedic disease in canine patients. Tibial osteotomy procedures for the treatment of cranial cruciate ligament disease in small breed dogs (<15 kg) have previously been limited. A total of 22 client-owned dogs, 26 stifles, with cranial cruciate ligament disease were treated with novel mini-tibial tuberosity advancement plates.

Clinical outcomes in cats with renal carcinoma undergoing nephrectomy: A retrospective study.

Renal carcinomas (RC) are uncommonly encountered in feline medicine. Limited information regarding clinical presentation and postoperative outcomes is available. The purpose of this multi-institutional, retrospective study was to describe the presenting features and clinical outcomes of cats with RC undergoing nephrectomy.

Retrospective study of 20 cats surgically treated for insulinoma.

Objective: To report the clinical signs, histopathology results, and prognostic factors for outcomes following excision for feline insulinoma (INS).

Study Design: Retrospective study.

Sample Population: Twenty client-owned cats.

Complications and outcomes of cats with coxofemoral luxation treated with hip toggle stabilization using ultrahigh-molecular-weight-polyethylene or nylon (2009-2018): 48 cats.

Objective: To report overall rate and type of complications and outcomes of cats with coxofemoral luxation managed with hip toggle stabilization (HTS), to compare rate of postoperative complications and outcomes of cats treated with ultrahigh-molecular-weight-polyethylene (UHMWPE) or nylon, and to identify risk factors for reluxation and non-excellent outcomes.

Study Design: Multi-institutional retrospective cohort study.

Sample Population: Forty-eight client-owned cats.

Minimally Invasive Osteosynthesis Techniques for Humerus Fractures.

A thorough knowledge of humeral anatomy is critical to performing minimally invasive techniques. Fluoroscopy, when available, is invaluable in optimizing fracture repair with minimally invasive techniques. Minimally invasive approaches decrease morbidity and allow an earlier return to function.

Unique Differences of Minimally Invasive Fracture Repair in the Feline.

As the saying goes, "cats are not small dogs." Throughout veterinary medicine history, most of the literature focus has been on the canine. Feline patients, however, now constitute a larger proportion of the pet population and are unique in many aspects.

Comparison of complications and outcome following unilateral, staged bilateral, and single-stage bilateral ventral bulla osteotomy in cats.

Objective: To compare complications and outcome following unilateral, staged bilateral, and single-stage bilateral ventral bulla osteotomy (VBO) in cats.

Animals: 282 client-owned cats treated by VBO at 25 veterinary referral and academic hospitals from 2005 through 2016.

Procedures: Medical records of cats were reviewed to collect information on signalment, clinical signs, diagnostic test results, surgical and postoperative management details, complications (anesthetic, surgical, and postoperative), and outcome.

Primary appendicular hemangiosarcoma and telangiectatic osteosarcoma in 70 dogs: A Veterinary Society of Surgical Oncology retrospective study.

Objective: To define and compare clinical characteristics of canine primary appendicular hemangiosarcoma (HSA) and telangiectatic osteosarcoma (tOSA), including signalment, presentation, response to treatment, and prognosis.

Study Design: Multi-institutional retrospective study.

Animals: Seventy dogs with primary appendicular HSA or tOSA.

Complications and outcomes following rectal pull-through surgery in dogs with rectal masses: 74 cases (2000-2013).

Objective: To evaluate the incidence of and factors associated with complications following rectal pull-through (RPT) surgery and the outcome for dogs with rectal tumors.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Animals: 74 dogs with rectal masses.

Outcome and prognostic indicators in 20 cats with surgically treated primary lung tumors.

The purpose of this retrospective study of 20 client-owned cats was to describe the clinical signs, surgical interventions, histological features, stage and treatments of primary lung tumors removed by surgical excision, and to determine which factors significantly influence survival. Any cat that underwent surgical resection of a primary lung tumor between 2000 and 2007 was included in the study. Patient records were reviewed and signalment, clinical signs, preoperative diagnostics, surgical findings and histopathological results recorded.

Pneumothorax.

Pneumothorax may be classified as open or closed and as traumatic, spontaneous, or iatrogenic. The most common cause of pneumothorax is thoracic trauma. Spontaneous pneumothorax is often a result of bullous emphysema, and iatrogenic pneumothorax is an important complication of procedures involving the thoracic cavity.

Acute non-ambulatory tetraparesis attributable to cranial cervical intervertebral disc disease in a cat.

A 10-year-old domestic longhair cat was presented for acute non-ambulatory tetraparesis. Clinicopathologic diagnostics revealed no abnormalities. Cervical myelogram revealed an extradural compressive lesion consistent with intervertebral disc disease of the C2-C3 intervertebral disc space.