Contribution of the xenograft bone plate-screw system in lumbar transpedicular stabilization: An study in dogs.

Objectives: Xenograft bone plate-screws (XBPSs) can be alternative tools in lumbar transpedicular stabilization (TS). The aim of this study was to show biomechanical and histopathological contribution of the XBPSs system in lumbar TS.

Materials And Methods: Fifteen ( = 15) hybrid dog and ten ( = 10) L cadaveric specimens were included in the study.

Modified colostomy technique for colonic atresia in calves.

Objective: To report a modified colostomy technique for permanent fecal diversion in calves with colonic atresia.

Study Design: Prospective study.

Animals: Calves (n=19) with colonic atresia.

Outcomes of Heimlich valve drainage in dogs.

Objective And Design: Retrospective study of the outcomes of Heimlich valve drainage in dogs.

Procedure: Medical records of the past 3 years were retrospectively reviewed. Heimlich valve drainage was used in 34 dogs (median body weight 30 +/- 5 kg): lobectomy (n = 15), pneumonectomy (n = 9), intrathoracic oesophageal surgery (n = 2), diaphragmatic hernia repair (n = 1), traumatic open pneumothorax (n = 2), bilobectomy (n = 2), ligation of the thoracic duct (n = 1), and chylothorax and pneumothorax (n = 1 each).

Contribution of the xenograft bone plate-screw system in lumbar transpedicular stabilization of dogs: an in-vitro study.

We performed biomechanical comparison of a xenograft bone plate-screw (XBPS) system for achieving cadaveric lumbar transpedicular stabilization (TS) in dogs. Twenty dogs' cadaveric L(2-4) lumbar specimens were harvested and their muscles were removed, but the discs and ligaments were left intact. These specimens were separated to four groups: the L(2-4) intact group as control (group I, n = 5), the L(3) laminectomy and bilateral facetectomy group (LBF) (group II, n = 5), the LBF plus TS with metal plate-screw group (group III, n = 5) and the LBF plus TS with XBPS group (group IV, n = 5).

Comparison of different bronchial closure techniques following pneumonectomy in dogs.

The comparison of the histologic healing and bronchopleural fistula (BPF) complications encountered with three different BS closure techniques (manual suture, stapler and manual suture plus tissue flab) after pneumonectomy in dogs was investigated for a one-month period. The dogs were separated into two groups: group I (GI) (n = 9) and group II (GII) (n = 9). Right and left pneumonectomies were performed on the animals in GI and GII, respectively.