Surgery

Will this alternative ovariohysterectomy technique hold up while saving valuable time in a high-volume setting?

Fluid analysis can provide important insights into how to manage colic and other troubling equine cases.

Life-saving measures indeed since more than 50% of the complications with anesthesia occur while the patient is recovering.

CT scans provide exact models used to create plastic reproductions for education and surgery.

A look at non-pharmaceutical options to help your veterinary patients suffering from this debilitating disease.

Balloon dilation used to correct rarely seen congestive heart failure.

These grafts involve relocating the skin from a donor site to cover a wound and restore function and cosmesis in your veterinary equine patients.

This procedural video shows Dr. Steven Swaim using this wound reconstruction technique to repair an area under a dog's eye.

Consider performing this reconstruction technique the next time you need to repair a square or rectangular wound and direct closure could result in the distortion of a body structure-or when skin for closure is only available on one side of the wound.

Dr. Steven Swaim provides an overview of the various methods to correct this skin defect.

Dr. Jennifer Wardlaw presents findings from the latest research on this life-threatening condition in dogs.

Is the scrotal castration technique as safe and efficient as the commonly taught prescrotal technique? The results of this study might surprise you.

Hip dysplasia is an abnormal development of the coxofemoral joint.

Osteochondritis dissecans OCD is a manifestation of osteochondrosis in which a flap of cartilage is lifted from the articular surface.

Aquatic therapy is the use of the therapeutic properties of water to provide appropriate exercises for strength, range of motion and endurance while reducing the risk of injury.

Osteoarthritis is the most common cause of chronic pain in dogs with approximately one in five adult dogs having OA.

Dogs with strain of the supraspinatus tendon present with a chronic foreleg lameness, some dogs will exhibit periods of non weight bearing lameness.

This method of delivering antimicrobials to the limbs of veterinary equine patients is easily performed in the field or in the clinic.

A reader tip for positioning cats for abdominal surgery.

Dr. Don Waldron demonstrates this technique, which may be indicated in patients with life-threatening upper airway obstruction, trauma, neoplasia, or functional abnormality and in many other situations.

Dr. Don Waldron demonstrates this procedure, which is most often indicated in small animals for gastric foreign body removal or to obtain biopsy samples.

This renowned veterinary orthopedic surgeon says his success has been due to a lot of luck and stumbling into the right mentors along the way.

This reader tip will help you perfectly position cats.

Take a peek at how this turkey with a tennis-ball sized tumor was successfully treated.

Feline expert Dr. Margie Scherk shares her personal thoughts on this controversial issue.

Make anesthetic episodes safer with this reader tip.

Stop infection and speed healing with these wound cleaning and bandaging strategies for veterinarians.

Treatment depends on the stage of recovery.

Veterinarians will have access to specialty tests and procedures for complex cases.

We agree that spaying and neutering pets is a good thing. Stop being so concerned about who provides the service.