Diagnostic traction and dorsal locking plate stabilization of a fifth and sixth thoracic vertebral fracture/luxation in a golden retriever: Case report.

Traction was used to diagnose instability of a T5-T6 traumatic luxation that was stabilized with locking plates in the laminae and dorsal pedicles. A two-year-old, 27 kg, female spayed golden retriever was presented to a veterinary teaching hospital after being referred for possible mandibular and spinal fractures after being hit by a car. The dog presented non-ambulatory paraparetic with intact pain perception.

Radiation exposure associated with percutaneous fluoroscopically guided lag screw fixation for sacroiliac luxation in dogs.

Objective: To determine radiation exposure to surgical personnel and to evaluate the accuracy of a modified percutaneous lag screw fixation technique for sacroiliac luxation (SIL) under fluoroscopic guidance in dogs.

Study Design: Cadaveric experimental study.

Sample Population: Seventeen beagle cadavers with iatrogenic SIL.

Short-term outcomes of 59 dogs treated for ilial body fractures with locking or non-locking plates.

Objective: To determine the influence of plating systems on the clinical outcomes in dogs treated for ilial fractures.

Design: Retrospective study.

Animals: Fifty-nine dogs (63 hemipelves).

Outcomes of dogs undergoing immediate or delayed surgical treatment for gastrointestinal foreign body obstruction: A retrospective study by the Society of Veterinary Soft Tissue Surgery.

Objective: To evaluate gastrointestinal injury and outcomes between dogs treated with immediate surgical intervention vs those treated with delayed surgical intervention for gastrointestinal foreign body obstruction (GIFBO).

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Sample Population: Client-owned dogs (n = 855) from five referral hospitals.

Endoscopic nephrolithotomy for the removal of complicated nephroliths in dogs and cats: 16 kidneys in 12 patients (2005-2017).

Objective: To describe techniques and outcomes for dogs and cats undergoing endoscopic nephrolithotomy (ENL) for the removal of complicated nephroliths.

Animals: 11 dogs and 1 cat (n = 16 renal units) with complicated nephroliths that underwent ENL via a surgically assisted ENL approach (12 renal units) or a percutaneous nephrolithotomy approach (4 renal units) between December 2005 and June 2017.

Procedures: Data were obtained from the medical records regarding preoperative, operative, and postoperative findings.

Evaluation of efficacy of repeated decontamination and sterilization of single-incision laparoscopic surgery ports intended for 1-time use.

Objective: To determine the efficacy of repeated decontamination and sterilization of a disposable port intended for 1-time use during single-incision laparoscopy.

Study Design: Experimental; prospective, controlled design.

Methods: Six single-access ports used 4 times and 6 single-access ports used 8 times to perform various clean, minimally invasive surgeries were evaluated.

Median sternotomy versus intercostal thoracotomy for lung lobectomy: A comparison of short-term outcome in 134 dogs.

Objective: To compare short-term outcomes between dogs undergoing lung lobectomy via median sternotomy (MS) or intercostal thoracotomy (ICT).

Study Design: Retrospective case control study.

Methods: Medical records of dogs that underwent lung lobectomy via MS or ICT at a single institution were reviewed for demographics, intraoperative findings, and postoperative management and outcomes.

Diagnostic investigation and special treatment of chronic abdominal ischaemia.

Chronic abdominal ischaemia (C.A.I.

Three clinical methods of circulatory assistance.

Three clinical methods of circulatory assistance are described: intraaortic balloon counterpulsation, left ventricular bypass using a roller pump, and the artificial ventricle. All three methods have hemodynamic effectiveness. The first method is indicated in cases of widespread cardiosclerosis and pronounced coronary insufficiency and may be contraindicated in pathology of the valvular apparatus.