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.

Congenital sternal defect repair in an adult cat with incomplete pentalogy of Cantrell.

Case Description: A 1-year-old spayed female domestic shorthair cat was evaluated for a sternal defect and ventral abdominal wall hernia.

Clinical Findings: The cat appeared healthy. Palpation revealed a sternal defect, and the heart could be observed beating underneath the skin at the caudoventral aspect of the thorax.

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.

Comparison of thoracic duct ligation plus subphrenic pericardiectomy with or without cisterna chyli ablation for treatment of idiopathic chylothorax in cats.

OBJECTIVE To compare duration of surgery, recurrence rate, and survival time between cats with idiopathic chylothorax treated with thoracic duct ligation (TDL) plus subphrenic pericardiectomy (SPC) and those treated with TDL, SPC, and cisterna chyli ablation (CCA). DESIGN Retrospective case series with nested cohort study. ANIMALS 22 client-owned cats surgically treated for idiopathic chylothorax from 2009 through 2014.

Frequency of Dehiscence in Hand-Sutured and Stapled Intestinal Anastomoses in Dogs.

Objective: To determine the frequency of dehiscence of hand-sutured and stapled intestinal anastomoses in the dog and compare the surgery duration for the methods of anastomosis.

Study Design: Historical cohort study.

Sample Population: Two hundred fourteen client-owned dogs undergoing hand-sutured (n = 142) or stapled (n = 72) intestinal anastomoses.

Outcome of permanent tracheostomy for treatment of upper airway obstruction in cats: 21 cases (1990-2007).

Objective: To determine clinical outcome of permanent tracheostomy in cats with upper airway obstruction.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Animals: 21 cats.

Comparison of the effects of the CO2 surgical laser and conventional surgical techniques on healing and wound tensile strength of skin flaps in the dog.

Objective: To determine if CO(2) laser was superior to conventional surgical techniques (CST) for creation of skin flaps in dogs as determined by hemostasis, wound healing, and wound tensile strength.

Study Design: In-vivo model

Animals: Six large, mixed-breed dogs.

Methods: On each dog's trunk, 3 pairs of identical, dorsally based, pedicled skin flaps were created and sutured back into position.

Use of carbon dioxide laser for onychectomy in cats.

Objective: To compare postoperative signs of discomfort and complications associated with use of CO2 laser for onychectomy with those of the scalpel technique in cats.

Design: Prospective, randomized, masked clinical trial.

Animals: 20 client-owned cats.