Effects of a surgical checklist on decreasing incisional infections following foreign body removal from the gastrointestinal tract in dogs.

Two similar populations of dogs were evaluated in either a retrospective or prospective manner for 2 weeks after gastrointestinal foreign body surgery to determine the impact of a surgical checklist on the surgical site infection (SSI) rate. The medical records of 201 gastrointestinal foreign body surgeries were reviewed to determine the SSI rate without the use of a surgical checklist (SC-) and 101 consecutive gastrointestinal foreign body surgeries were performed using a surgical checklist (SC+). The SSI rate had a significant decrease from 19.

Ventricular pneumocephalus, cervical subarachnoid pneumorrhachis, and meningoencephalitis in a dog following rhinotomy for chronic fungal rhinitis.

Case Description: A 5-year-old 35.8-kg (78.8-lb) neutered male Labrador Retriever was evaluated for chronic nasal discharge associated with a fungal infection.