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Figure 8. A a rabbit that has had a nasogastric tube placed. Note the tab sutured to the face and the Elizabethan collar placed to prevent the patient from tampering with the tube.

A surgical approach to the rabbit patient: part 1

When considering rabbit skin tumours, basal cell tumours (trichoblastomas) were the most frequently diagnosed at 20%, with spindle cell sarcomas at 9.5%, collagen nevi/hamartomas at 8.4%, squamous...

Figure 1. Computed tomography image of the right tarsus. A) Sagittal plane reconstruction in a soft tissue window. B) Transverse plane reconstruction in a soft tissue window, lateral is to the left of the image. Note the lateral and caudal displacement of the superficial digital flexor tendon as identified by the cross-hairs with large fluid attenuating distended bursa (arrow) in the transverse image.

Surgical treatment of a bilateral superficial flexor tendon luxation

A two-year-old, male, neutered, crossbreed dog, imported from Portugal was presented with a history of right pelvic limb lameness and intermittent skipping during walks. Gait abnormalities had been...

Figure 4. There is a mild reduction in muscle mass over the left scapula compared to the right.

Successful use of dual-plate fixation to treat a canine comminuted scapula fracture

A 9-month-old, female, spayed, German shepherd cross-breed dog was presented for management of a left-sided, traumatic, closed comminuted scapula fracture that had occurred 8 days prior to...

Figure 1. Transverse contrast-enhanced computed tomography of an 8-year-old female neutered West Highland White Terrier with an insulinoma at the border of the pancreatic body and the right pancreatic limb. A nodular lesion (asterisk) is noted deforming the contours of the pancreas (A). The pancreatic nodule is strongly hyper-attenuating on the arterial phase (B)

Advances in diagnosis and management of canine insulinoma: a review

The most common clinical signs associated with canine insulinomas are as follows, along with the corresponding percentage of cases (Dunn et al, 1993; Ryan et al, 2021):.

Figure 1. Example of several experts evaluating the area to be biopsied at the same time.

Minimally invasive laparoscopic methods of biopsy in small animal practice

From a technical point of view, laparoscopic exploration is especially interesting when clinicians require a direct, real and magnified view of the less accessible abdominal structures; such as...

Figure 1. Example of several experts evaluating the area to be biopsied at the same time.

Minimally invasive laparoscopic methods of biopsy in small animal practice

From a technical point of view, laparoscopic exploration is especially interesting when clinicians require a direct, real and magnified view of the less accessible abdominal structures; such as...

Figure 1. Mediolateral and craniocaudal views of the right (A) and left (B) femora of a 5-month-old miniature Rex rabbit demonstrating a severely displaced Salter-Harris type I fracture of the distal femur on the right, with moderate associated soft-tissue swelling. The left femur was within normal limits with the distal femoral and proximal tibial physes remaining open as expected for the rabbit's age.

Cross-pin stabilisation of a distal femoral physeal fracture in a miniature Rex rabbit

A 5-month-old, female spayed, indoor miniature Rex rabbit weighing 1.4 kg was presented with right hindlimb lameness. On the day of presentation, while in a playpen, the rabbit was startled by a loud...

Figure 7. a. Measurement of area to be treated before use of tigilanol tiglate. b. Appearance of site post sloughing at 10 days post tigilanol tiglate. c. Appearance 1 month post intratumoural injection of tigilanol tiglate.

Treating mast cell tumours in first opinion practice: is it time to put down the knife?

The standard surgical approach to treating mast cell tumours has been to excise wide 2-3 cm margins to the depth of one fascial plane (Blackwood et al, 2012; Selmic and Ruple, 2020; Saunders et al,...

Figure 1. Gallbladder mucocele.

Gallbladder mucocele part 2: treatment and prognosis

Although many gallbladder mucoceles are discovered during abdominal ultrasonography while screening for other diseases, patients with mature gallbladder mucoceles or gallbladder rupture can present as...

Figure 1. Cysto-colic view in a dog positive for free fluid. Free fluid is seen as an ill-defined anechoic area (arrow) cranial to the bladder apex

Diagnosis and initial management of uroabdomen in dogs and cats

Prompt recognition and early treatment of uroabdomen are essential to maximise the likelihood of a successful outcome. Clinical signs are often not specific and might not appear in the first 24 hours...

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...