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PubMed2000

Renal and ureteral surgery in dogs.

Renal and ureteral surgeries are performed commonly in veterinary medicine. Potential surgeries include nephrectomy, nephrotomy, pyelolithotomy, neoureterostomy, and ureteral anastomosis. The most common reason for surgery is the removal of urinary calculi. Before performing surgery, consideration of the patient's renal function is important to obtain optimal results. Maintaining normal urine production in the perioperative and postoperative period is important in most cases. The surgical procedures listed previously are reviewed individually, including postoperative care.

Animals↗
PubMed1980

Allergic contact dermatitis in veterinary surgeons.

Thirty-six of 37 veterinary surgeons with incapacitating dermatitis had allergic contact dermatitis, mainly from antibiotics such as spiramycin, Penethamate BP and tylosin. Eight were sensitive to rubber materials. Twenty of 36 had positive prick or scratch tests, mainly to animal hair. The atopic sensitivities were relevant to the contact dermatitis since most of those who have them develop contact reactions from cows' hair and from obstetric work with cows. Protein contact dermatitis seems to be an important predisposing factor for the development of incapacitating allergic contact dermatitis in veterinary surgeons.

Adult↗
PubMed1998

Attitudes and concerns of Canadian animal health technologists toward postoperative pain management in dogs and cats.

Three hundred and twenty-two Canadian animal health technologists (AHTs) were surveyed to determine their attitudes toward postoperative pain management in dogs and cats following 6 surgical procedures, their concerns regarding the use of opioid analgesics, and their role within veterinary practices with respect to postoperative pain control. Two hundred and sixty-four (82%) returned the questionnaire. Pain perception was defined as the average of pain rankings for dogs and cats (on a scale of 1 to 10) following abdominal surgery, or the value for dogs or cats if the AHT worked with only 1 of the 2 species. Maximum concern about the risks associated with the postoperative use of morphine or oxymorphone was defined as the highest rating assigned to any of the 6 risks evaluated in either dogs or cats. Animal health technologists reported significantly higher pain perception scores than did veterinarians who completed a similar survey 2 years previously. Higher pain perception scores were associated with decreased satisfaction with the adequacy of analgesic therapy in their practice, higher pain control goals, and attendance at continuing education within the previous 12 months. The majority of AHTs (55%) agreed that one or more risks associated with the use of morphine or oxymorphone outweighed the benefits. The 3 issues that were perceived to pose the greatest risk were respiratory depression, bradycardia, and sedation and excitement, for dogs and cats, respectively. Most AHTs (68%) considered their knowledge related to the recognition and control of pain to be adequate, compared with 24% of veterinarians who responded to a similar previous survey. As for veterinarians, experience gained while in practice was ranked as the most important source of knowledge, while the technical program attended was ranked as least important. Over 88% of the AHTs provided nursing care during the postoperative period, monitored animals for side effects of postoperative analgesic therapy, informed veterinarians when animals were in pain, recommended analgesic therapy when they believed it was warranted, reported that animals received analgesics when they believed it was warranted, administered analgesics under the instruction of a veterinarian, and believed they were part of a team working to provide adequate postoperative pain control.

Animal Technicians↗
PubMed1990

The downward spiral of cattle veterinary practice.

Farm work for the cattle veterinary practitioner has declined in recent years, and further decline seems inevitable. With fewer dairy farms, and cattle farmers calling upon the veterinary surgeon less frequently, mixed practices are able to compensate by spending ever more time on small animal and horse work. But as cattle farmers know full well that younger veterinary surgeons are getting ever less experience with cattle, they are even less inclined to consult them. Here, I review the reasons for the downward spiral, and look for some solutions.

Animal Husbandry↗
PubMed2002

Nonhealing subcutaneous wounds in the cat and proposed surgical management techniques.

Nonhealing wounds in cats are a source of frustration for veterinarians and pet owners alike. These wounds are known for their insidious onset and tendency to recur after standard surgical closure. The presence of a feline wound that fails to heal in the face of appropriate therapy should initiate an extensive diagnostic evaluation for an etiologic agent. Initially animals should be screened for causes of immunosuppression or systemic disease. The local wound environment should then be evaluated through a combination of wound exploration, cytology, histopathology and tissue culture for evidence of a foreign body, neoplasia, or other less common etiologies of these wounds. Many of the less common etiologic agents require specific tissue handling for successful microscopic identification and culture. It is therefore essential for veterinarians to be familiar with the various causes of nonhealing wounds in cats so that laboratories can be alerted of the need for specific diagnostic techniques. Recent surgical and medical advances have the potential to facilitate the successful treatment of these wounds. With improved veterinary awareness of the potential etiologies of nonhealing wounds in cats and improved medical and surgical management techniques many wounds can now successfully be treated.

Animals↗
PubMed1981

Practices and beliefs of the traditional Dinka healer in relation to provision of modern medical and veterinary services for the Southern Sudan.

One class of traditional Dinka healers is a practical surgeon-bonesetter-obstetrician who practices (all but obstetrics) on both people and animals. His anatomical, physiological, and pathological knowledge and surmises, derived almost entirely from observations on cattle, are in some respects remarkable, especially those on the function of the kidney and nature of the circulatory system. He shares with ancient Egyptian healers the belief that sperm originate in the spinal cord and brain and performs a unique surgical operation on the horns of bulls that has been known in the Nile valley since the Egyptian 5th dynasty. With minimum training he might function effectively within the governmental health and veterinary services of the southern Sudan, an area populated mostly by transhumant cattle-culture peoples not easily reached through conventional health services.

Animals↗
PubMed1979

Type I allergy from cows in veterinary surgeons.

Occupational contact dermatitis caused by obstetric work and/or contact with cows is common among veterinary surgeons. We examined serum from nine veterinary surgeons of whom seven gave a history of itching and flare of eczema after obstetric work and/or contact with cows. By means of crossed radioimmunoelectrophoresis the occurrence of specific IgE against cow hair and dander was demonstrated. The IgE did not differ qualitatively or quantitatively from IgE in serum from patients with allergic asthma from cows. Four veterinary surgeons with flare-up of eczema during obstetric aid to cows did not have assignable s-IgE against bovine amnion or allantoic fluids.

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PubMed2002

Fixation of mandibular fractures: a tincture of science.

AIM: To critically review the literature regarding the fixation of mandibular fractures to gain direction on which type of fixation is indicated in which clinical setting. METHODS: A critical review of the literature based on computer searches using the Medline and Cochrane databases. The years searched were 1987 to 2002. Keywords used were: mandibular, fracture, fixation and osteosynthesis. RESULTS: Eight hundred and thirty-four citations were obtained of which 127 were for case reports, orthognathic surgery or veterinary science. Thirty-nine citations dealt with non-clinical testing and four examined cost related to different treatment modalities. Six hundred and sixty-four citations were for articles reporting clinical experience, technical variations, comparative series, or proposed treatment protocols. Only a handful of papers reported studies sufficiently well designed to permit conclusions to be drawn on the relative success of various treatment approaches. CONCLUSION: The published literature on the fixation of mandibular fractures falls well short of that required for evidence based surgery.

Clinical Protocols↗
PubMed1982

Concentrations of methoxyflurane and nitrous oxide in veterinary operating rooms.

The surgical rooms of 14 private veterinary practices were monitored to determined methoxyflurane (MOF) concentrations during surgical procedure under routine working conditions. The average room volume for these 14 rooms was 29 m3. The average MOF value for all rooms was 2.3 ppm, with a range of 0.7 to 7.4 ppm. Four of the 14 rooms exceeded the maximum recommended concentration of 2 ppm. Six rooms which had 6 or more air changes/hr averaged 1.1 ppm, whereas 8 rooms with less than 6 measurable air changes/hr averaged 3.2 ppm. Operating rooms that had oxygen flows of more than 1,000 cm3/min averaged 4.4 ppm, whereas those with flows of less than 1,000 cm3/min averaged 1.5 ppm. The average time spent during a surgical procedure using MOF, for all 14 facilities, was 2 hours. Nitrous oxide (N2O) concentrations were determined in 4 veterinary surgical rooms. The average N2O concentration for 3 rooms without waste anesthetic gas scavenging was 138 ppm. Concentration of N2O in the waste anesthetic gas-scavenged surgical room was 14 ppm, which was below the maximum recommended concentration of 25 ppm.

Air Pollution↗
PubMed2001

Congenital unilateral cleft of the soft palate in six dogs.

Unilateral cleft of the soft palate occurs sporadically in dogs, and there are few reports in the veterinary literature regarding its aetiology and management. This report describes six dogs with the condition. The dogs' primary presenting problem was rhinitis. The defects were successfully repaired using a two-layer closure technique with absorbable suture in five of the cases. Surgical correction was not performed in the remaining case.

Animals↗
PubMed1990

Student selection: time to reconsider?

The fate of most aspiring veterinary surgeons is determined not by their professional examinations but by their A-level results. Anything less than two As and a B and the outlook is bleak, though not irretrievable. In this article, Dr Robert Michell examines the system by which students are selected, and suggests that the system is ripe for re-evaluation.

Humans↗
PubMed1990

The use of sutures in Australian veterinary practices.

One hundred and twenty six respondents at a continuing education course in February 1986 provided information on suture use in their practice. The 100 responses from four Australian states were subject to analysis of suture type and size used for various procedures and correlated with practice type, location and state. The use of gut and nonabsorbable sutures in cassettes was pervasive. Superior materials and sutures in individual foil packets were used commonly only for a more complicated procedure (enterotomy).

Animals↗
PubMed1997

[Veterinary surgeon Friedrich Heinrich Roloff (1830-1885)-- his contributions to animal nutrition].

In German speaking countries Fr. H. ROLOFF (1830-1885) was one of the first veterinarians, who was active in the field of nutrition related diseases as osteomalacia, rickets or lupinosis. After careful epidemiologic studies, he developed hypotheses about the pathogenesis of the above mentioned diseases and tested them in experiments (with dogs or sheep). His work demonstrates, that clinical observations may stimulate research in animal nutrition.

Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena↗
PubMed2000

Surgical sterilization in small mammals. Spay and castration.

The intrinsic physiologic and anatomic differences between small exotic mammals and the species that are more familiar to veterinary practitioners (i.e., dogs and cats) are substantial. This discussion is limited to rabbits, mice and rats (murid rodents), hamsters and gerbils (cricetid rodents), and guinea pigs and chinchillas (hystricomorph rodents). In addition to their anatomic and physiologic differences, differences in behaviors, such as their reaction to stress and pain, exist. Preoperative and postoperative care, basic surgical techniques unique to these species, and useful materials are discussed.

Animals↗