Surgery

Painful and debilitating for patients, expensive versus less effective repair options for clients, WAY too many recommended surgical approaches for you. Are you limping toward the best plan?

No, there is no cookie-cutter method to treating this injury in dogs. But here are a few pointers to make your decision process a little easier.

Practical pointers from a hands-on course on performing common gastrointestinal surgeries.

Under the right circumstances, you can skip general anesthesia and remove a neoplastic, traumatized or severely infected eye right in the field.

You can appeal to fun, style and client satisfaction everywhere else in your hospital design. The surgery suite is where you keep it real ... real CLEAN.

Dont just scrape by with your wound care practices. Heres the latest on promoting healthy tissue.

The veterinary team at UC Davis implanted an artificial ureter-the first such procedure in a kitten.

Vanquish the 3 most common pain management mistakes made in veterinary patients undergoing surgery.

That ET tube is going down the patients hatch, so disinfect it like crazy. Here are five cleaning methods going head-to-head in fighting strep and Bordetella in a new study.

From cats chasing laser pointers to easing the pain of osteoarthritis, no one can deny that lasers are becoming widely accepted. If you are considering adding this modality to your treatment offerings, were shining a spotlight on this cutting edge remedy with the help of Jennifer Wardlaw, DVM, MS, DACVS-SA.

Less pain and a quicker recovery than a traditional laparotomy. Your veterinary patients will thank you, or at least give you a tail wag.

Veterinary surgeon Dr. Jennifer Wardlaw reveals her top nightmare scenarios in the surgical suite.

The pioneering technique from UC Davis keeps ducts permanently unobstructed.

Which dogs are most at-risk and preventive measures you and your veterinary clients can be taking.

Three concerns to be on the look out for in your veterinary patients and how to treat them.

Save a life! Share these videos with your clients with dogs at-risk for GDV.

Iowa State University veterinary surgeon uses a new technique in which the prosthetics are inserted directly into the cat's femurs.

You don't have to go out on a limb to minimize stress during orthopedic exams.

Dr. Dean Richardson looks back at a veterinary career continuously on the leading edge of equine orthopedic surgery.

A step-by-step surgical guide, tips to optimize results, and revision techniques, just in case.

Veterinary orthopedist Randy Boudrieau takes a page from human medicine using titanium plates narrower than a pencil to repair fractured facial bones.

It can be difficult to differentiate between these two orthopedic problems. Luckily, the sit test, among other diagnostic evaluations, can help.

Trying to determine whether a patient has hip dysplasia or a cranial cruciate ligament tear? Here's why sedation may be called for.

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.