Factors Influencing Wound Healing Complications After Wide Excision of Injection Site Sarcomas of the Trunk of Cats

Abstract

An increased duration of surgery as the consequence of complex surgical procedures represented the best predictor for the development of WHC.

Clinical and computed tomography tumour dimension assessments for planning wide excision of injection site sarcomas in cats: how strong is the agreement?

“…In small animal oncology, especially when dealing with feline ISS, the use of advanced imaging techniques in the pre-surgical setting has recently increased, but their use is still not a rule, and it is mostly left to surgeon choice. 4,7,9,15,16 In this study, tumour dimensions, both length and width, evaluated by CT showed a tendency towards being larger than the dimensions measured with calipers, consistent with previous reports. 13,16,17 In addition, in a proportion of cats, the shapes retrieved by the two methods demonstrated discrepancies.…”

“…In this study, tumour dimensions, both length and width, evaluated by CT showed a tendency towards being larger than the dimensions measured with calipers, consistent with previous reports . In addition, in a proportion of cats, the shapes retrieved by the two methods demonstrated discrepancies.…”

“…These considerations are particularly relevant for ISS in cats because the correct surgical approach is crucial for ensuring clean surgical margins and increasing the probability of a cure . In addition, the dimensions of ISS in cats influenced the surgical time and therefore indirectly impacted the risk of wound healing complications, which could induce postoperative morbidity and postpone other adjuvant therapies …”

“…13,16,17 Recently different amount of lateral margins was hypothesized for surgical excision of ISS in cats based on the possibility that the same wide lateral margins could not be equally wide if a surgeon consider the clinical or the computed tomographic measurements of the same tumour. 16 Size discrepancies between clinical and CT measurements of the same tumour size can impact the surgical dose applied. The aim of the study was to prospectively investigate the agreement between the clinical and CT measurements of tumour dimension in newly diagnosed ISS in cats.…”

Local and regional anaesthesia in dogs and cats: Descriptions of specific local and regional techniques (Part 2)

“…If performed after the sterile scrub, the person administering the block would wear sterile gloves BOX 3 Technique for general tissue infiltration ▪ Technique: The nerve endings in the tissues are blocked by injecting the drug around or directly into the incision or wound 'field'. See more on the injection technique for BLIS in Part 1 (Abrão et al, 2014;Baxter, Bramlett, One, & Daniels, 2013;Cantatore et al, 2014;Waite, Gilliver, Masterson, Hardman, & Ashcroft, 2010).…”