External skeletal fixation for the treatment of pelvic fractures in cats.

Objective: To report the technique and the outcome for the repair of pelvic fractures in cats using external skeletal fixation (ESF).

Study Design: Retrospective case series.

Animals: Client-owned cats (n = 125).

Outcome after repair of a sarcoma-related pathologic fracture in dogs: a Veterinary Society of Surgical Oncology Retrospective Study.

Objective: To report outcome in dogs after internal fixation of a sarcoma-related pathologic fracture of the appendicular skeleton.

Study Design: Multi-institutional case series.

Animals: Dogs (n=16).

Hemorrhagic pleural effusion secondary to an unusual type III hiatal hernia in a 4-year-old great dane.

An unusual case of combined axial and paraesophageal (type III) hiatal hernia (HH) in a 4-year-old Great Dane is reported. The main presenting complaint was dyspnea, and no history of trauma was present. A tentative diagnosis of HH with secondary pleural effusion was made based on clinical signs and radiographic findings.

Feline ilial fractures: a prospective study of dorsal plating and comparison with lateral plating.

Objective: To (1) report a technique for repair of feline ilial fractures using a dorsally applied bone plate and (2) compare outcome with cats treated by a lateral plate.

Study Design: Prospective study.

Animals: Cats (n=10) with iliac fractures.

Feline ilial fractures: assessment of screw loosening and pelvic canal narrowing after lateral plating.

Objective: To report the incidence of (1) screw loosening and (2) severity of pelvic canal narrowing in cats after repair of ilial fractures by a lateral bone plate.

Study Design: Case series.

Animals: Cats (n=21) with ilial fractures.

Reconstruction of a nonhealing lick granuloma in a dog using a phalangeal fillet technique.

A 6.5-year-old, castrated male Dalmatian was presented with a 3-month history of a chronic, nonhealing wound related to a previously excised lick granuloma. Reconstruction of the wound on the lateral metatarsal region was achieved using a phalangeal fillet technique, without digital pad transposition.

Outcome of and complications associated with tube cystostomy in dogs and cats: 76 cases (1995-2006).

Objective: To determine indications for cystostomy tube use in dogs and cats, complications associated with their use, and outcome of dogs and cats in which cystostomy tubes had been inserted.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Animals: 37 dogs and 39 cats.