A 7-year-old, West Highland White Terrier had a 5-month history of diarrhea, dysorexia, and weight loss. Sonographically, there was a focal area of intestinal thickening with loss of layering. A neoplastic or severe inflammatory condition was suspected and intestinal lymphangiectasia was diagnosed histopathologically. This patient seems to be the first description of intestinal lymphangiectasia appearing as an intestinal mass.
This study measured the number of complications after deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap reconstruction performed under opioid-free anesthesia (OFA) combined with goal-directed fluid therapy or opioid anesthesia with liberal fluid therapy (OA). This retrospective cohort study consisted of 204 patients who underwent DIEP flap reconstruction at AZSint Jan Brugge between April 2014 and March 2019. Primary outcomes were complications, according to the Clavien-Dindo classification and the length of hospital stay (LOS). The secondary outcomes were flap failure, postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV), postoperative pain, postoperative opioid consumption, and postoperative skin flap temperature. OFA included
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