Objective: To evaluate the indications for, complications of, and surgical outcomes of dogs and cats that were treated with double limb amputations. Animals: 14 dogs and 4 cats that underwent double limb amputations. Procedures: Data collected retrospectively included patient-specific (species,...

Background: Limb amputation may be recommended in domestic cats following a severe injury or disease. The purpose of the study was to report the signalment, the complications, recovery outcome, owner satisfaction and expectations of domestic cats following limb amputation. Results: Medical records...

The objective of this study was to report the cytological and histopathological findings of a giant cell rich OSA in a 4-year-old cat with persistent feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) antigenaemia. Case: A 4-year-old male neutered cat was referred with a history of persistent FeLV viraemia and pelvic ...

Objectives: To identify short-term wound complications and associated predictive factors following amputation in dogs and cats. Materials and Methods: Retrospective review of case records of dogs and cats undergoing thoracic or pelvic limb amputation. Preoperative data on signalment, body weight, ...

CASE DESCRIPTION: A 1.5-year-old 4.0-kg (8.8-lb) castrated male mixed-breed cat was evaluated because of an 8-month history of repeated bleeding from a hole in the skin next to the left metatarsal pad. CLINICAL FINDINGS: The cat had swelling in the distal region of the left pelvic limb, and blood...

A cat was anaesthetised with midazolam and alfaxalone for a pelvic limb amputation due to a metatarsal fracture complicated with soft tissue necrosis. The femoral nerve and lumbosacral trunk were blocked with ropivacaine 0.75 per cent using a combined ultrasound/nervestimulation-guided approach....

Objective - To evaluate changes in characteristics of feline injection-site sarcomas (ISSs) from 1990 through 2006. Design - Retrospective case series. Animals - 392 cats with a histologic diagnosis of soft tissue sarcoma, osteosarcoma, or chondrosarcoma at potential injection sites. Procedures -...

An approximately 3-year-old, intact female, domestic shorthair cat presented to a shelter with a chronic fracture of the right femur. She underwent amputation of her right pelvic limb at the coxofemoral joint. On adoption two weeks following amputation, her owner noted clinical signs of pain...

Primary bone tumors are rare in cats; they affect mainly older animals and have a predilection for the appendicular skeleton. This paper reports the case of an eighteen-month-old male mongrel cat. The patient was active and in adequate nutritional status, but had a rapidly growing mass in the right ...

A 13-year-old cat underwent an extensive caudal external hemipelvectomy to excise a soft tissue sarcoma affecting the left proximal thigh. The cranial tibial fascia was harvested from the ipsilateral limb following amputation and used as a free graft in the reconstruction of the resultant pelvic...