The comparison of pleurodesis effects of iodopovidone at different concentrations and magnesium silicate: An experimental study.

Background: This experimental study aims to investigate the pleurodesis effects of iodopovidone at different concentrations (2% and 4%) and sterile talc in a rat model.

Methods: Forty male Wistar Albino rats were randomly divided into four equal groups including 10 rats in each group. Groups 1, 2, and 3 were designed as the study, and Group 4 as the control group.

Polylactic acid and polyethylene glycol prevent surgical adhesions.

Objectives: Re-mediastinoscopy could be risky because of adhesions from the previous mediastinoscopy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a bio-resorbable barrier on adhesion formation in a re-mediastinoscopy rat model.

Methods: Mediastinal dissection similar to mediastinoscopy was done in twenty-eight rats and a polymeric film comprising of polylactic acid and polyethylene glycol (Repel-cv®, SyntheMed Inc.

The post-operative analgesic effects of epidurally administered morphine and transdermal fentanyl patch after ovariohysterectomy in dogs.

Objective: To investigate the analgesic and side effects of epidural morphine or a fentanyl patch after ovariohysterectomy in dogs.

Study Design: Prospective, randomized clinical study.

Animals: Twenty female mongrel dogs undergoing ovariohysterectomy.

Ventral fixation in atlantoaxial instability with axial fracture in a dog.

This study reports the diagnosis and the surgical management of atlanto-axial instability with an oblique axial fracture in a dog. The fracture was diagnosed by radiography and Computed Tomography (CT). In the CT views, the appearance of the distortion of the atlantoaxial articular surface was interpreted as instability.

Magnetic resonance imaging findings in dogs with thoracolumbar intervertebral disk disease: 69 cases (1997-2005).

Objective: To determine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) abnormalities in dogs with intervertebral disk disease (IVDD) and develop a classification scheme for IVDD in dogs based on MRI findings.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Animals: 69 dogs.