The use of an hydraulic artificial spjincter device is an effective long-term treatment for urinary incontinence when traditional options failed.
Megacolon is a consequence of long- standing constipation and is considered to be the end stage of large bowel dysfunction due to a permanent loss of colonic structure and function.
Due to the fact that megacolon is associated with high morbidity and because conservative treatment gives only temporary relief, many owners elect euthanasia for their pet rather than chronic ineffective medical management with luxatives and enemas.
The main goal of the surgery is to improve the quality of life of the patient by the surgical removal of the diseased large bowel.
German Shepherd with a damaged paw pad after a vehicular trauma.
The paw pads of dogs are specialized skin structures which provide cushioning, abrasion resistance, and traction. Loss of pad tissue, despite an otherwise normal limb, can result in complete loss of limb function.
Cats and small dogs that live indoors and walk on soft surfaces may function well with no pads, but in this case patient was a large dog which lived outside, and therefore required reconstruction and paw salvage of the right central back leg pad.
Vertical ear canal ablation is a procedure that the upper ear canal (vertical) is removed and a new ear opening is created. It can be performed when the entire vertical canal is diseased but the horizontal canal is normal.
Feline corneal sequestration is a painful corneal disease due to the development of an opaque, dark brown to black plaque on the cornea which is a dead piece of corneal tissue.
The sequestra penetrates into the corneal tissue and it can be removed surgically (Keratectomy) with the use of an operating microscope.A conjuctival flap is used to cover the surgical site for a few weeks to strengthen the cornea in that area and hasten healing.
A full thickness skin grafting is a procedure that a free piece of skin is removed from an area of the body (donor site) and is transplanted into another area (recipient site) to cover a defect. Skin grafts are often employed after serious injuries or tumour removal when some of the body's skin is damaged, especially in the distal extremities.
Midsagittal fracture of the hard palate in the cat is the most common injury of this area.
They are the result of hitting the nose on the ground after a fall or an automobile strike.
Stability was achieved with the application of a transfixation pin caudal to the canine teeth and figure-of-8 wire.
Implants were removed 4 weeks post operatively.