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Surnmag7The rnedicairecords#39 dogs and 8 cats which hadjqimostomyJeeding tubes placed using mod-&ications @aprevious~descn~ed surgikal technique were retrospecn"ve~reviewed. Mod&?cations included the addition oJa suture to anchor theJeeding tube to t?ze~ijunum, the use oJa continuous chcumferential suture to pew the@unum to the abdominal wal[ and the placement oJa skin suture that penetrated deep into the abdominal wall~asa"a.All tubes were placed during surgical treatment OJa pn'ma~intraabdominal disease. i%bes were used~or~eeding J70m 1 to 41 days (average 9.? dqys). Sixteen patients (3'4%) developed mild to moderate complications such as chewing at the tube, inadvertent tube removal tube obstruction, and celhditis around the ostomy site. 7hreepatienti (6%) developed severe complications associated with breakdown o~t.hesur@"cal site. Z7zemod@edJkjunostomy technique was e~ective~or placement ofJkjunostomy tubes ax a complementa~procedure to exploratory celiotomy.

Experimentally induced osteofascial compartment syndrome (OFCS) has been reported in the craniolateral compartment of the canine crus. In this study, anatomic dissections and contrast radiographs were used to describe three additional osteofascial compartments in canine limbs. Experimental OFCS was produced in four different compartments, and caused muscle and nerve pathology in each. When compartment pressures were evaluated in traumatized animals, moderate elevations in compartment pressures were found. A compartment syndrome that developed in one dog was surgically decompressed, returning elevated pressures to a safe level.

The complication rate associated with temporary epidural catheterization of dogs appears to be low, and complications generally are not serious.