Memorizable things Flashcards
What are the three stages of laryngeal collapse?
Stage 1 = Laryngeal saccule eversion
Stage 2 = Medial deviation of the cuneiform cartilage and aryepiglottic fold or aryepiglottic collapse
Stage 3 = Medial deviation of the corniculate process of the arytenoid cartilages or corniculate collapse
What are some dfdx for arytenoids that aren’t opening?
- Too sedate
- Laryngeal paralysis
What is the procedure for stenotic nares?
Stenotic nares resection or rhinoplasty
What is the procedure for everted laryngeal saccules?
Resection of the laryngeal saccules
What is the procedure for elongated soft palate?
Elongated soft palate resection or staphylectomy
What is the procedure for hypoplastic trachea?
No procedure available
What is the procedure for aryepiglottic collapse?
Permanent tracheostomy
What are two landmarks that you can use to know where the soft palate should end, and which one is easier to find in an intubated animal?
- Epiglottis
2. Middle/caudal aspect of the tonsilar crypt*** (easier to find in an intubated dog)
What are the key points for stabilization of a mandibular symphyseal fracture to convey to a client?
- Treat with cerclage wire
- Wire is inserted caudal to the canine teeth
- Can be removed once the fracture has healed (6-8 weeks) by cutting it with wire scissors
- There will be exposed wire through the skin incision
Where is the most caudal edge of the mandibular symphysis relative to the visible portion of the mandibular canine teeth?
- Caudal
Description of the mandibular symphyseal procedure
- Make a 0.5 cm ventral midline skin incision on the chin about mid-symphysis with a #15 scalpel blade
- Insert a large hypodermic needle into the incision and exit through the gingiva, lateral to one mandible and just caudal to the canine tooth
- Pass cerclage wire through the needle from the point to the hub end. Pull the needle out, leaving the wire in the tissue.
- Repeat the steps on the remaining side, using the same incision and opposite end of the same piece of cerclage wire
- Reduce the fracture and tighten the wire with the wire twister, exerting a steady pull AWAY from the bone as you twist so that each new twist lies down next to the previous twist
- Cut the ends of the wire, leaving ~5 twists in place. Bend the wire caudally so that it won’t poke anyone handling the animal
- The wire will stay in place for ~6-8 weeks
- To remove the wire, cut where it lies caudal to the canine teeth and pull it out ventrally by grasping the twist
- Leave it to heal by 2nd intention
What is the name of the process of the mandible that forms the TMJ?
- Condylar process of the mandible
What are the two largest muscles used to close the jaw?
- Temporalis and masseter muscles
Origin and insertion of the temporalis muscle
- Temporal fossa to coronoid process of the mandible
Origin and insertion of the masseter muscle
- Arises from zygomatic arch and inserts in the masseteric fossa and the angular process of the mandible
What is the main muscle used to open the jaw?
- Digastricus
Origin and insertion of the digastricus?
- Paracondylar process of the occipital bone and inserts on the body of the mandible
What direction does the mandible move relative to the mandibular fossa most often in TMJ luxation?
- Cranially and dorsally relative to the mandibular fossa
What findings on PE suggest a unilateral TMJ luxation?
- Rostral aspect of the mandible shifts towards the opposite side of the mouth
- They will be reluctant to close their mouth
What findings on PE suggest a bilateral TMJ luxation?
- Entire mandible will protrude forward
- They will be reluctant to close their mouth
What prevents the TMJ from moving caudally and ventrally?
- Masseter and temporal muscles are strongest, and would move the jaw dorsally
- Mandibular notch and condylar process prevent it from moving caudally
How do you reduce a TMJ luxation?
- Dog under anesthesia
- Wooden dowel transversely between mandibular and maxillary molars
- Squeeze the rostral ends of the upper and lower jaws together to cause the mandible to pivot on the dowel
- Condylar process will move ventral to the level of the mandibular fossa of the skull
- Mandibular condyle can then be caudally repositioned into the mandibular fossa
What parts of the body drain into the mandibular lymph nodes?
- Muzzle
- Salivary glands
- Tongue
- Intermandibular space
What pathologic conditions could cause mandibular lymphadenopathy?
- Dental disease, gingivitis, neoplasia (SCCa, lymphoma, melanoma), sialadenitis, thrush, foreign body, tooth root bascess
WHat is the relationship of the mandibular salivary gland, submandibular LN, and two branches that come together to form the jugular vein?
- Mandibular lymph nodes are medial and cranial to the mandibular gland
- The linguofacial vein and maxillary vein will divide them
Treatment of sialocele?
- Surgical resection of the salivary gland that is the source of the saliva
- Drainage of the sialocele
What is a ranula?
- Sialocele under the tongue
Mandibular salivary gland location
- On the lateral side of the head just caudal to the angle of the mandible, where it lies between the maxillary and linguofacial veins
Sublingual salivary gland location
- Rostral to the mandibular gland
- Located within the same capsule as the mandibular salivary gland
Zygomatic salivary gland location
- Between the eyeball and pterygoid muscles, hidden laterally by the zygomatic bone
Parotid salivary gland location
- Lies between the mandibular salivary gland and the ear
Which two glands are associated in a way that if you have to excise one you have to excise the other?
- Sublingual (slightly rostral)
- Mandibular
Which salivary gland is most likely to cause a sialocele?
- Sublingual
- You would need to remove both sublingual and mandibular
What clinical signs would you expect in a patient who needs emergency intervention due to a ranula?
- Dyspnea and hypoxia
How can you quickly resolve dyspnea and hypoxia due to a ranula?
- Aspirate the sialocele
What history do you want to gather from a patient with a sialocele?
- How long or when did you first notice?
- Where did you first notice?
- Has it gotten worse?
- Eating normally and drinking normally?
- Vomiting/diarrhea/coughing/sneezing/urinating?
- Previous health issues
- Other meds?
- Vaccines?
- Travel out of the PNW?
What are differentials for a mass?
- Sialocele, tumor, foreign body, inflammation, sialadenitis, sialdenosis, salivary neoplasia, sialolith, cervical abscess, hematoma, cystic or neoplastic lymph nodes
What is the density of a sialocele?
- Fluctuant
- Usually can’t move base relative to underlying tissue
Zygomatic sialocele signs
- Exophthalmos, dorsolateral strabismus, third-eyelid protrusion, and superficial axial corneal ulcer
Treatment options for sialocele?
- Surgical removal
- Marsupialization (but recurrence is much more common)
What position should a patient be in for bone marrow aspiration or intra-osseous catheter placement?
- Dog in lateral recumbency
- Elbow should be rotated inward such that the shoulder joint is turned outward, placing the greater tubercle so it is easier to esat the bone marrow needle
Method for bone marrow aspiration
- Position as mentioned previously
- Make a small skin incision at the distal end of the greater tubercle
- Insert the Rosenthal needle at a 45° angle from a line parallel to the long axis of the humerus, pushing it through the muscle until it rests on the bone
- Make sure the stylet totally occludes the needle and rotate clockwise/counter-clockwise
- Aspirate with a 12 or 20 mL syringe (may need to pull it back 10-15 mL to break particles loose)
- Place a small drop of marrow on each of several slides
- Make smears immediately after obtaining it as the marrow clots very rapidly
How do you prep a patient for arthrocentesis?
- Sedation or general anesthesia
- Sterile prep of the area (clippers, surgical scrub, sterile gloves)
- 22g 1.5 inch needle for the shoulder, elbow, and stifle joints in larger dogs
- Insert a needle attached to a syringe into the joint and apply gentle suction
- After fluid is collected, release negative pressure and withdraw the needle
What is normal consistency and appearance of joint fluid?
- Viscous and forms a long string
What are two different tests that should be performed on all synovial fluid samples?
- Cytology (for complete cell count and differential cell count) and culture
What are the landmarks for arthrocentesis of the shoulder?
- Lateral approach: insert needle just distal to the acromion process
- Cranial approach: Insert just medial to the greater tubercle and ventral to the supraglenoid tubercle of the scapula
Elbow landmarks for arthrocentesis
- Insert just medial to the lateral epicondylar ridge, proximal to the olecranon process
- Advance parallel to the olecranon process into the olecranon fossa
Carpus landmarks for arthrocentesis
- Partly flex the joint
- Palpate and enter the craniomedial aspect of the middle carpal or radiocarpal space
Bone marrow biopsy skin incision location
- Want to position it so that if the biopsy tract is “seeded” with tumor cells, you can remove that during the definitive treatment procedure
- Basically, don’t want it to interfere with skin flaps
Which are the main weight bearing digits?
- third and fourth digits
What are the primary tumors that are present on the digits that might need to be amputated?
- Squamous cell carcinoma is most common
- Digital tumors in cats can be metastatic, most commonly pulmonary adenocarcinoma
- Malignant melanomas
- Soft tissue sarcomas
- Osteosarcomas
- mast cell tumors
Description of a caudolateral approach to the shoulder for osteochondroplasty of the humerus
- Incise skin, SC tissue, and deep fascia extending from the midscapular spine to the midhumeral diaphysis
- Incise the intermuscular septum between the caudal border of the scapular portion of the deltoid muscle and the long head of the triceps to separate them
- Use blunt dissection to free the deltoid muscle and expose the caudal circumflex artery and vein, the muscular branch of the axillary nerve (these are on the teres minor muscle), and the teres minor muscle
- Elevate and retract the teres minor muscle cranially, exposing the axillary nerve and joint capsule. Place a penrose drain around the axillary nerve
- Incise the joint capsule 5 mm from and parallel to the glenoid rim to expose the humeral head
- To expose OCD lesions, internally rotate the humerus and flex the shoulder
- Explore the joint and remove cartilage as described
- Close the joint capsule in an interrupted pattern with 3-0absorbable suture
- Then suture intermuscular septum, deep fascia, SC tissue, and skin separately
What two muscles are incised after the initial fascial incision?
- Caudal border of the scapular portion of the deltoid muscle
- Long head of the triceps
What other options exist for surgical debridement of a humeral head OCD lesion?
- Infraspinatus tenotomy
- Arthroscopic approach
Description of exposure of medial coronoid process via muscle splitting
- Incise skin and subcutaneous tissue as described previously. Basically, make an incision on the medial surface starting at the medial epicondylar crest and extending distally over the medial epicondle to the proximal radius. Protect the median nerve and brachial artery and vein, which run cranially.
- Identify demarcation between the flexor carpi radialis and superficial digital muscles, and separate and retract them
- Expose the joint capsule and incise it parallel to the muscle-splitting incision to expose the coronoid process.
- Remove the fragmented coronoid and/or perform a subtotal coronoidectomy as described previously.
- Suture joint capsule with interrupted, absorbable sutures
- Suture fascia, SC tissue, and skin separately.
What two muscles is the intermuscular incision made between for approach to the medial aspect of the humeral condyle between?
- Flexor carpi radialis and superficial digital flexor muscle
Which nerve is on the cranial aspect of the approach for the intermuscular incision made for the approach to the medial aspect of the humeral condyle?
- Median nerve
What surgical procedure is the approach to the medial aspect of the humeral condyle used for?
- fragmented medial coronoid process
Digital amputation desscription
- Have pet in ventral or lateral recumbency with leg suspended.
- Place a tourniquet and drape the area
- Release the aseptically prepared paw into the sterile field
- Begin a dorsal skin incision at the distal end of the appropriate metacarpal or metatarsal or the proximal end of the first phalanx.
- Make a transverse encircling incision of the appropriate interphalangeal joint (inverse Y incision).
- Transect the flexor and extensor tendons, ligaments, and joint capsule.
- Ligate the digital arteries and veins with 3-0 or 4-0 absorbable suture.
- Disarticulate with a scalpel blade or transect the phalanx with bone cuttors, including sesamoid bones.
- Suture the extensor tendon to the dorsal surface of the pad when it is preserved.
- Appose SC tissues over the end of the bone with interrupted absorbable sutures
- Appose skin with approximating sutures
What is the Ortolani maneuver used for?
- Used to subluxate a dysplastic hip
How to do the Ortolani maneuver?
- Have patient in lateral recumbency
- Place the upper hand dorsal to the pelvic region to stabilize the patient
- Apply proximal pressure on the stifle joint to force the subluxed femoral head against the dorsal acetabular rim. Abduct the femur and feel and watch for the femoral head to reduce into the acetabulum
What is the most common direction for traumatic hip luxation?
- Craniodorsal, so the luxated femoral head is located craniodorsal relative to the acetabulum
How can you diagnose a craniodorsal hip luxation on physical exam?
- Palpable lack of symmetry noted between the tuber ischii and the greater trochanter on the affected side
- With craniodorsal displacement the greater trochanter is dorsal to an imaginary line drawn from the crest of the ilium to the tuber ischii, and the distance between the tuber ischii and greater trochanter is greater than in the normal limb
How else can you diagnose a hip luxation?
- Place your thumb in the space between the ischiatic tuberosity and greater trochanter, then rotate the femur externally
- In a normal hip, the trochanter will displace your finger as the limb is rotated
- In a dog with a hip luxation, the greater trochanter is too far cranial and will not push your fingers out of place
What are long-term prognoses for femoral head ostectomies?
- Likely have reduced coxofemoral pain and reduced lameness, although there may be some residual
- He may still develop osteoarthritis in that joint, but likely will be less than they would without the procedure
Describe the craniolateral approach to the hip joint
- To expose, make a craniolateral skin incision centered over the hip joint
- Retract the biceps femoris muscle caudally and the tensor fasciae latae muscle cranially
- Incise the vastus lateralis muscle and reflect it ventrally
- Incise the joint capsule and perform the ostectomy by externally rotating the limb such that joint line of the stifle is parallel to the operating table
- Identify the line of ostectomy perpendicular to the operating table at the junction of the femoral head and femoral metaphysis
- Identify the osteotomy line on the femoral neck, which should be from the medial aspect of the greater trochanter to the lesser trochanter so that you can remove the femoral head AND neck
What are the landmarks for arthrocentesis of the stifle?
- Insert the needle just lateral to the straight patellar ligament and distal to the patella (lateral approach)
- If doing a dorsal approach, insert the needle just dorsal to the patella so it passes between the patella and trochlear groove of the femur
Origin and insertion of the cranial cruciate ligament
- Origin: Caudomedial surface of the lateral femoral condyle
- Runs distally and diagnoally in a distocranial direction to insert on the cranial portion of the intercondylar area of the tibia
What does an intact cranial cruciate ligament prevent?
- Cranial movement of the tibia relative to the femur and prevents medial rotation of the tibia relative to the femur
Describe how to perform the cranial drawer test
- Patient in lateral recumbency and heavily sedated
- Stand to patient’s rear and position thumb and forefinger of one hand on the femur
- Place thumb directly behind the fabell and forefinger over the patella
- Remaining fingers are wrapped around the thigh
- Other hand is placed on the tibia with the thumb directly behind the fibular head and the forefinger over the tibial crest
- Three remaining fingers are wrapped around the tibial shaft
- Stabilize the femur with one hand while the second hand moves the tibia forward and back in a direction parallel to the transverse plane of the tibial plateau
- Apply pressure to move the tibia forward through the thumb behind the fibular head
Describe how to perform a tibial compression drawer test
- Patient in lateral recumbency
- Grasp the distal quadriceps with one hand from the cranial surface so that the index finger can be extended down over the patell and the tip of the finger on the tibial crest
- Second hand grasps the foot at the metatarsal region from the plantar surface
- Position the limb in moderate extension and as the lower hand flexes the hock, the upper hand prevents stifle flexion
- Index finger of the upper hand is used to feel for cranial movement of the tibial crest while the hock is being flexed