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Current use of small external fixators in the treatment of fractures

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Current use of small external fixators in the treatment of fractures

Piras Lisa Adele DVM PhD
Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie
Università di Torino

Esvot, Cremona, September 2019.

New Abstracts of the week

Effects of perioperative saphenous and sciatic nerve blocks, lumbosacral epidural or morphine-lidocaine-ketamine infusion on postoperative pain and sedation in dogs undergoing TPLO

Alexandra B Kalamaras, Turi K Aarnes, Sarah A Moore, Stephen C Jones, Carolina Ricco Pereira, Juan Peng, Nina R Kieves

Vet Anaesth Analg. 2021 Mar 4;S1467-2987(21)00047-7.

Sedation scores for MLK were higher than EPID and SSNB.

Small animal: Osteotomy/Ostectomy - Pain Management

Defining a safe corridor for trans-iliac pin placement in cats

S Garcia-Pertierra, R L Meeson, Bcy Yeung, G Bedford, M J Pead

Aust Vet J. 2021 Mar 12. doi: 10.1111/avj.13062.

A theoretical defined safe corridor is available for trans-iliac pin placement in cats.

Small animal: Fracture Fixation and Implants

Timing of and risk factors for deep surgical site infection requiring implant removal following canine TPLO

Renee A McDougall, Daniel I Spector, Robert C Hart, David L Dycus, Hollis N Erb

Vet Surg. 2021 Apr 7. doi: 10.1111/vsu.13634.

Implant removal due to SSI after TPLO was uncommon.

Small animal: Osteotomy/Ostectomy

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

Vcot

A Modification of the Cheli Craniolateral Approach for Minimally Invasive Treatment of Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Shoulder in Dogs: Description of the Technique and Outcome in 164 Cases

Objective: The aim of this study was to describe a novel minimally invasive surgical approach for the treatment of shoulder osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) in dogs and to retrospectively review our clinical cases treated with this approach.

Veterinary Surgery full paper - Kindly offered by Wiley

Veterinary Surgery full paper

A retrospective evaluation of complications associated with forkless tibial tuberosity advancement performed in primary care practice

Objective

To report postoperative complications associated with forkless tibial tuberosity advancement (TTA) performed in primary care veterinary practice and to compare results with previous publications.

Vcot Open

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

VCOT Open - Issue 01 -Volume 03 - January 2020

VCOT Open - Issue 01 -Volume 03 - January 2020