Biomechanical comparison of screw and suture fixation for temporary transarticular tarsocrural immobilization in canine cadavers.

Objective: To biomechanically evaluate an ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene (UWMWPE) suture for temporary tarsocrural immobilization as a potential alternative to the existing surgical method, which uses a 4.5 AO/ASIF calcaneotibial cortical screw.

Study Design: Randomized in vitro biomechanical study.

Fracture Repair in Cats Using a Conical Coupling Mini 1.9 to 2.5 mm Locking Plate System.

Objective:  The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the clinical application of the Fixin mini 1.9 to 2.5 system for the treatment of long bone fractures in cats.

Neuroectoderm-specific deletion of cathepsin D in mice models human inherited neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 10.

Cathepsin D (Ctsd) is a ubiquitously expressed aspartic protease functioning primarily in the acidic endosomal/lysosomal cell compartment. At an age of 26 ± 1 days, mice with constitutive Ctsd deficiency (Ctsd(-/-)) die from a neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disease equivalent to the congenital neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL) type 10 in humans. In addition to neurodegeneration, Ctsd(-/-) mice exhibit a loss of CD4(+)/CD8(+)-double-positive thymocytes and an atrophy of the intestinal mucosa.

Tibial plateau levelling osteotomy in 69 small breed dogs using conically coupled 1.9/2.5 mm locking plates. A clinical and radiographic retrospective assessment.

Objective: To report clinical experiences with the tibial plateau levelling osteotomy (TPLO) procedure in small breed dogs with cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) disease using specific, conically coupled, 1.9/2.5 mm locking plates and evaluating short-term complications and outcome.

[Prevalence of carbapenemase-producing bacteria in hospitals in Saxony, Germany].

The presence of pathogenic bacteria with acquired carbapenem resistance constitutes an increasing problem for infection control and infectious disease management. Prompted by an outbreak of infections with Klebsiella pneumoniae producing the carbapenemase KPC-2 at a hospital in Saxony, the Saxon State Ministry of Social Affairs and Consumer Protection (SMS) initiated a point-prevalence survey for carbapenemase-producing gram-negative bacteria. Wards at 53 hospitals in Saxony, mainly intensive care units, were investigated between October 2012 and February 2013.