Incidence and severity of short-term incisional complications after intraoperative local infiltration of liposomal bupivacaine in dogs.

Objective: To report the incidence of short-term incisional complications in dogs receiving intraoperative local infiltration of liposomal bupivacaine.

Study Design: Retrospective study.

Animals: Client-owned dogs (n = 218).

Interobserver repeatability of measurements on computed tomography images of lax canine hip joints from youth to maturity.

Objectives: To determine interobserver repeatability of measurements on computed tomography (CT) images of lax canine hip joints at different ages and in the presence of degenerative joint disease at maturity.

Study Design: Longitudinal observational investigation.

Animals: Sibling crossbreed hounds.

Feline fibrosarcoma: perioperative management.

Aggressive and complete surgical excision is the treatment of choice for fibrosarcomas in cats. Thorough preoperative planning and meticulous surgical technique are necessary for optimal cosmetic, functional, and oncologic outcome. Perioperative pain management with an emphasis on preemptive analgesia and multimodal analgesia is essential to minimize patient morbidity.

Spontaneous external biliary fistula in a dog.

Case Description: A 10-year-old sexually intact female dog was examined because of a static, well-circumscribed subcutaneous mass and associated fistulous draining tract located along the right ventrolateral aspect of the thoracic body wall of 15 months' duration.

Clinical Findings: Results of computed tomography and fistulography confirmed the presence of the fistulous tract. Computed tomography also revealed a focal, hypodense region in the right ventral portion of the liver that was adjacent to but not clearly associated with the fistulous tract.

Median sternotomy closure in dogs: a mechanical comparison of technique stability.

Objective: To evaluate the mechanical properties of canine median sternotomy closure using double-loop cerclage compared with other commonly used cerclage sternotomy closure patterns.

Study Design: Experimental study.

Sample Population: Forty canine cadaveric sternal segments.

Comparison of surgical techniques for synovectomy in New Zealand White rabbits with induced inflammatory arthritis.

Objective: To compare effects of synovectomy performed by use of monopolar radiofrequency energy (MRFE) versus mechanical debridement in rabbits with induced inflammatory arthritis.

Animals: 25 mature female New Zealand White rabbits.

Procedure: Inflammatory arthritis was induced in both femoropatellar joints of each rabbit.

Imaging diagnosis: biliopleural fistula in a dog.

A 3-year-old intact male Brittany Spaniel was admitted for thoracic gunshot wounds. Despite continued supportive care, the dog's condition deteriorated. Thoracic/abdominal ultrasound revealed a biliopleural fistula.