Surgical

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...