Endoscopic evaluation of the feline tympanic bulla is feasible for detection of epithelial remnants following ventral bulla osteotomy in a cadaveric model.

Objective: To evaluate endoscopy for detection of epithelial remnants within the feline tympanic bulla following ventral bulla osteotomy (VBO) and to report the most likely locations within the bulla for epithelial remnants to occur.

Methods: This was a single-center experimental cadaveric study. 10 VBO procedures were performed by 5 board-certified surgeons in 5 feline cadavers.

Comparison of remote and in-person respiratory function grading of brachycephalic dogs.

Objective: To compare the reliability of respiratory function grading (RFG) scores assigned in-person and remotely via video and electronic stethoscope recordings, evaluated by novice and expert graders.

Study Design: Prospective study.

Sample Population: Fifty-seven brachycephalic dogs.

Linear and discrete foreign body small intestinal obstruction outcomes, complication risk factors, and single incision red rubber catheter technique success in cats.

Objective: To compare survival and report perioperative complications in cats undergoing surgery for small intestinal (SI) linear (LFBO) and discrete (DFBO) foreign body obstructions (FBO). To report success of a red rubber catheter technique (RRCT) to remove LFBOs.

Study Design: Retrospective study.

Current Concepts in Parathyroid/Thyroid Surgery.

This article provides a review with a focus on clinical updates in treating patients with surgical parathyroid or thyroid disease. Primary hyperparathyroidism is a common cause of hypercalcemia. Patients are older and often asymptomatic, and urinary stones and urinary tract infection are common.

Incidence, survival time, and surgical treatment of parathyroid carcinomas in dogs: 100 cases (2010-2019).

Objective: To evaluate outcomes of dogs with parathyroid carcinoma (PTC) treated by surgical excision and to describe the incidence of postoperative hypocalcemia, degree of hypocalcemia, duration of hospitalization, duration of calcium supplementation, and survival time.

Animals: 100 client-owned dogs with PTC admitted to academic, referral veterinary institutions.

Procedures: In a retrospective multi-institutional study, medical records of dogs undergoing surgical excision of PTC between 2010 to 2019 were reviewed.

Penile urethral resection and anastomosis augmentation with regional tissue tension relieving technique: A cadaveric mechanical study and clinical outcome in two dogs.

Objective: To describe penile urethral augmentation anastomosis (PURAA) for resection anastomosis (RA) of the canine penile urethra by using autogenous tissue in two dogs and to determine the mechanical properties of the augmentation technique in cadaveric specimens.

Study Design: Cadaveric study and two case reports.

Animals: Sixteen canine cadavers and two dogs with urethral obstruction.

Characteristics and long-term outcomes of dogs with gastroesophageal intussusception.

Objective: To determine long-term outcomes and factors associated with those outcomes in dogs with gastroesophageal intussusception (GEI).

Animals: 36 dogs with GEI evaluated at 16 veterinary hospitals from January 2000 through January 2018.

Procedures: Medical records of included dogs were reviewed to collect information regarding signalment, clinical signs, physical examination findings, blood work and diagnostic imaging results, surgical findings, and outcome.

Vascular ring anomalies in cats: 20 cases (2000-2018).

Objective: To report the clinical characteristics, types of vascular ring anomalies (VRA), operative findings, complications, and survival after surgical treatment of cats with VRA.

Study Design: Retrospective, multi-institutional case series.

Animals: Client- or shelter-owned cats presenting to academic, referral veterinary institutions.

Likelihood and outcome of esophageal perforation secondary to esophageal foreign body in dogs.

OBJECTIVE To determine the likelihood and outcome of esophageal perforation secondary to an esophageal foreign body (EFB) in dogs. DESIGN Retrospective observational study. ANIMALS 125 dogs evaluated for EFB at 2 veterinary teaching hospitals from January 2005 through December 2013.