Canine Cutaneous and Subcutaneous Soft Tissue Sarcoma: An Evidence-Based Review of Case Management.

Canine cutaneous and subcutaneous soft tissue sarcomas (STS) account for 20.3% of malignant neoplasms of the skin. This article makes recommendations for the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up in dogs with STS, using evidence-based medicine concepts.

Frequency of vomiting during the postoperative period in hydromorphone-treated dogs undergoing orthopedic surgery.

Objective: To determine the frequency of postoperative vomiting in dogs undergoing routine orthopedic surgery that were treated with hydromorphone and whether that frequency would vary on the basis of administration route.

Design: Noncontrolled clinical trial. Animals-58 client-owned dogs with cranial cruciate ligament deficiency.

Use of computed tomography for evaluation of lung lesions associated with spontaneous pneumothorax in dogs: 12 cases (1999-2002).

Objective: To evaluate use of computed tomography (CT) of the lungs, compared with conventional radiography, for detection of blebs and bullae associated with spontaneous pneumothorax in dogs.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Animals: 12 dogs with spontaneous pneumothorax.

Foreign body attachment to polypropylene suture material extruded into the small intestinal lumen after enteric closure in three dogs.

Three dogs in which polypropylene suture material was used to close an enteric surgery site in a continuous pattern were evaluated at a later date because of recurrence of signs of intestinal disease. Surgery in each dog revealed that the suture material had been extruded into the lumen of the intestine and acted as a site for attachment of a foreign body. The nonabsorbable nature of polypropylene and its use in a continuous pattern are possible explanations for this complication.

Extraosseous cement granuloma associated with total hip replacement in 6 dogs.

Objective: To report the clinical, radiographic, and pathologic features of extraosseous cement granuloma (ECG), a low occurrence, long-term complication of total hip replacement (THR).

Study Design: Retrospective clinical study. Sample Population-Six client-owned dogs.