Surgery & Wound Management

Tips for reducing fear, anxiety and stress in your surgical patients (and the people who own them).

Researchers at the University of Georgia and Kansas State University have implemented new ways of using the therapy to treat horses.

You dream of performing surgery in a flawlessly designed, perfectly executed veterinary surgical suite. But the reality is often less-than-perfect.

You know the layout of these spaces is important. Heres what a boarded surgeon thinks is crucial to include.

Calming music and pheromones top the list for great ancillary items for hospitalized pets, according to these two finalists in the 2018 dvm360/VHMA Practice Manager of the Year contest.

Epidemiologist Dr. Missy Simpson shares the first prospective research from the Morris Animal Foundation's Golden Retriever Lifetime Study.At Fetch dvm360 conference in Kansas City, Missy Simpson, DVM, PhD, epidemiologist for the Morris Animal Foundation's Golden Retriever Lifetime Study, presented "Gold-mining clinical insights from the Golden Retriever Lifetime Study-3,000+ dogs strong and six years along."Solid Goldies

A surgery article recommending hot water bottles as patient warming devices draws concern due to patient burn risks.

Company points to manufacturing issues as cause of shortage in supply.

A femoral head ostectomy in a horse? Not a problem, since the patient in question was a miniature horse and able to benefit from a surgery normally used in even smaller companion animals.

A panel of feline experts fashioned the guidelines to ensure a safer session for cats undergoing surgery.

Fear of human drug abuse has affected our work in veterinary hospitals. Here are some alternatives to opioids you should use whether or not we ever get our preferred pain relief drugs back.

Two-year-old Bengal cat named Fridgey is recovering well.Image courtesy of Lauren Bruce.

Fetch dvm360 educators Mike Barletta, Tasha McNerney and Oriana Scislowicz take a full-circle approach to maximizing the effectiveness of local nerve blocks in veterinary practice.

According to this reader, not only is this better for the cat, but your veterinary client retention rates become healthy and strong as well.

A recent study challenges the use of tramadol for canine osteoarthritis.

I learned first-hand this year how hard these injuries are for pets and their owners.

Ed Durham, author of a new veterinary cardiology textbook for technicians, has a passion for his specialty, for education and for empowering his peers to do more.

Can a simple safety checklist reduce veterinary surgical complications?

Studies in both human and veterinary medicine have shown that implementing surgical safety checklists can reduce postoperative complications. Perhaps it's time to try it in your practice?

Use this printable handout to help veterinary clients understand what's happening with their pet's joint, and how it can be repaired.

Try this overview of surgical repair options to brush up your knowledge.

People ask me why I pay to volunteer to provide veterinary services thousands of miles from home. My simple answer? Because it makes me feel good.

Commonly prescribed drug not associated with improvement when compared with NSAID.

The team at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute gets to diagnosis and treatment quicklyand they say it makes all the difference.

This textbook veterinary surgery went according to textbookuntil the patient didnt wake up.