Source: DVM InFocus
March 1, 2009
By:Linda Marie Wetzel
Canine hip dysplasia affects millions of dogs each year. Abnormal development in the dysplastic hip causes damage to the articular cartilage of the joint, resulting in osteoarthritis, severe pain and eventually debilitation.
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Source: DVM InFocus
March 1, 2009
By:Stephanie Skernivitz
Veterinarians are making huge strides in managing patient pain. But as the number of treatment modalities has increased, the amount of information veterinarians must learn and apply has also ratcheted up.
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Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE
 March 1, 2009
By:Christine Egger, DVM, MVSc, DACVA, Lydia Love, DVM
These anesthetic methods, including one recently recommended alternative block, will help you control pain in animals undergoing stifle surgeries, forelimb surgeries, limb amputations, or thoracotomies, as well as in patients with thoracic trauma or cranial abdominal pain.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
 February 1, 2009
Madison, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine is recruiting for a clinical trial designed to evaluate pain relief in post-surgical patients.
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Source: EQUINE ANESTHESIA
 December 1, 2008
By:Roman T. Skarda, DVM, PhD, DACVA, William W. Muir, DVM, PhD, DACVA, DACVECC, John A.E. Hubbell, DVM, MS, DACVA
The analgesic technique used varies with each procedure and personal preference.
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Source: EQUINE ANESTHESIA
December 1, 2008
By:Roman T. Skarda, DVM, PhD, DACVA, William W. Muir, DVM, PhD, DACVA, DACVECC, John A.E. Hubbell, DVM, MS, DACVA
Castration is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures in general equine practice. Regional anesthesia for castration may be accomplished by injecting local anesthetic drug into the spermatic cord or testis of horses in a standing or laterally recumbent position.
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Source: EQUINE ANESTHESIA
December 1, 2008
By:Roman T. Skarda, DVM, PhD, DACVA, William W. Muir, DVM, PhD, DACVA, DACVECC, John A.E. Hubbell, DVM, MS, DACVA
Vasopressors are combined with local anesthetics to produce local vasoconstriction, thereby providing local hemostasis and delaying the absorption of the local anesthetic.
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Source: EQUINE ANESTHESIA
December 1, 2008
By:Roman T. Skarda, DVM, PhD, DACVA, William W. Muir, DVM, PhD, DACVA, DACVECC, John A.E. Hubbell, DVM, MS, DACVA
At least four techniques for inducing anesthesia of the paralumbar fossa and abdominal wall in the standing horse have been described: (1) infiltration anesthesia, (2) paravertebral thoracolumbar anesthesia, (3) segmental dorsolumbar epidural anesthesia, and (4) thoracolumbar subarachnoid anesthesia.
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