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Same-day surgery may reduce the risk of losing pain perception in dogs with thoracolumbar disc extrusion

S Martin, F X Liebel, A Fadda, K Lazzerini, T Harcourt-Brown

J Small Anim Pract. 2020 May 27. doi: 10.1111/jsap.13147.

An overnight delay before spinal decompression increases the risk of clinically meaningful deterioration in dogs.

Small animal: Spine

Effect of proximal abducting ulnar osteotomy (PAUL) on frontal plane thoracic limb alignment: An ex vivo canine study

Alexandra Amadio, Kayla M Corriveau, Bo Norby, Timothy R Stephenson, W Brian Saunders

Vet Surg. 2020 May 28. doi: 10.1111/vsu.13425.

Additional studies are required to determine whether PAUL alters thoracic limb alignment in client-owned dogs.

Small animal: Osteotomy/Ostectomy

Segmental Femoral Ostectomy for the Reconstruction of Femoropatellar Joint in Dogs with Grade IV Medial Patellar Luxation

Yukari Nagahiro, Sawako Murakami, Keiji Kamijo, Masakazu Shimada, Nobuo Kanno, Shuji Suzuki, Yasuji Harada, Yasushi Hara

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol. 2020 May 15. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1709466.

Reconstruction of the FPJ is important for recovery of limb function.

Small animal: Luxation/Subluxation - Osteotomy/Ostectomy

Incoming meetings and courses

November 23, 2020 to November 25, 2020

Tenth International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents in Veterinary Medicine (AAVM)

This forthcoming conference follows the success of the past nine AAVM held in Helsinki, Ottawa, Orlando, Prague, Tel Aviv, Washington DC, Berlin, Budapest and Rome.

Brussels, Belgium

Kindly Full paper offered by V.C.O.T.

Vcot

Contribution of Habitual Activity to Cruciate Ligament Rupture in Labrador Retrievers

Objectives The aim of this study was to describe the contribution of signalment and habitual activity in the development of cruciate ligament rupture (CR) in Labrador Retrievers.

Veterinary Surgery full paper - Kindly offered by Wiley

Veterinary Surgery full paper

Influence of orthopedic examination on lameness scores and interobserver and intraobserver agreement in dogs with naturally occurring elbow osteoarthritis

Objective

To determine the influence of orthopedic examination on numerical rating score (NRS) and visual analog score (VAS) when scoring lameness in dogs with elbow osteoarthritis (OA) and to evaluate interobserver and intraobserver agreement in NRS and VAS on the basis of video‐graphic gait analysis.

Vcot Open

All articles in VCOT Open are made freely available for all to read and download.

VCOT Open - Issue 02 - Volume 02 - July 2019

Issue 02 - Volume 02 - July 2019