Outcomes and prognostic variables associated with primary abdominal visceral soft tissue sarcomas in dogs: A Veterinary Society of Surgical Oncology retrospective study.

Primary abdominal visceral soft tissue sarcomas (STSs) are rare tumours in dogs with little information available on outcomes. The goal of this retrospective, multi-institutional study was to describe the common tumour types, location and prognostic factors associated with primary abdominal visceral STSs. Medical records were searched for dogs with primary abdominal visceral STSs at six institutions and were retrospectively reviewed.

Outcomes and prognostic variables associated with central division hepatic lobectomies: 61 dogs.

Objective: To determine the outcome and prognostic variables associated with long-term survival and complications in dogs undergoing hepatic lobectomy of the central division.

Study Design: Multi-institutional retrospective case series.

Animals: Sixty-one client-owned dogs with central division masses.

Relation of Opportunity to Learn Advanced Math to the Educational Attainment of Rural Youth.

Our study examined the relation of advanced math course-taking to the educational attainment of rural youth. We used data from the Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002. Regression analyses demonstrated that when previous math achievement was accounted for rural students take advanced math at a significantly lower rate than urban students.

Subscription to the Surgical Council on Resident Education web portal and qualifying examination performance.

Background: The Surgical Council on Resident Education (SCORE) curriculum for general surgery was developed to guide surgery residents in the acquisition of knowledge for patient care. We hypothesized that residents in programs that subscribed to the SCORE web portal would perform better on the American Board of Surgery (ABS) Surgery Qualifying Examination (QE).

Study Design: Scaled scores and the percent passing the 2011 ABS Surgery QE for individual residents and programs were compared between programs that subscribed to the SCORE portal in 2010 to 2011 and those that did not subscribe.