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Figure 2. a) Marked amount of echogenic bile positioned centrally in the gall bladder surrounded by thin hypoechoic rim. b) Moderate amount of mildly organised echogenic bile centrally positioned in the gall bladder surrounded by thick hypoechoic rim. c) Mildly heterogenous well organised echogenic bile that occupies the entire gallbladder lumen. d) Echogenic bile organised into a typical stellate pattern characterised by radiating hyperechoic striations alternated by anechoic bile.

A review of gallbladder mucocele – part 1: aetiopathogenesis and diagnosis

The gallbladder is a round organ situated between the quadrate and right medial liver lobes consisting of a fundus, body and neck (Evans and de Lahunta, 2013). The gallbladder connects to the duodenum...

Figure 5. A lateral cervical radiograph demonstrating emphysema. Gas lucencies are seen subcutaneously (arrow 1) and within the fascial planes of the neck (arrow 2). Any gas lucency evident that is not within the trachea or oesophagus raises suspicion of dorsal pharyngeal or oesophageal puncture.

Acute oropharyngeal puncture wounds: a review

Owners may recognise a specific event leading to the injury, such as their dog running for or retrieving a stick (Robinson et al, 2014). Alternatively, owners may be out of sight from the event and...

Figure 1. A right lateral radiograph confirming a diagnosis of gastric dilatation volvulus in a Daschshund.

Gastric dilatation volvulus: a treatment guide

Before anaesthetising the patient for corrective surgery, preoperative stabilisation is essential. The following factors should be considered, although there is no prescriptive order in which they...

Figure 2. Port positions for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The head is to the left of the image.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the dog

Figure 3. A picture demonstrating the ventral abdominal vein (red line) and the proposed paramedian skin incision (black line).

A surgical approach to the reptile patient

The reproductive physiology of reptiles varies depending on the order to which the reptile belongs (Lock, 2000). Oviparous reptiles, such as chelonia, produce eggs, whereas squamates can be oviparous...

Figure 1. Superficial incisional surgical site infection after exploratory laparotomy.

CPD article: Biofilms and surgical site infections

A surgical site infection is a nosocomial infection temporally associated with a particular surgical procedure. A bacterial wound infection can be defined as the presence of more than 105 bacteria per...

Figure 4. Summary flow chart demonstrating the decision-making process regarding antibiosis in open fracture patients.

Emergency management of open fractures

Patients presenting with an open fracture must be carefully assessed. Open fractures are typically the result of high-energy trauma (Anderson and Gustilo, 1980), such as automobile accidents, so any...