Radius and ulna fractures managed with MIPO had similar alignment, reduction, and time to union as fractures managed with ORIF. Future prospective clinical studies are warranted and should assess healing more frequently and in a standardized manner to compare MIPO to ORIF in a larger population of dogs.

The aim of the study was to investigate the histology of the sacrospinous ligament to determine whether nerve fibers exist within the substance of the sacropinous ligament itself. Six sacrospinous ligaments were removed from 4 fixed female cadavers. Representative segments were taken from the lateral (ischial), middle and medial (sacral) portions of these specimens, sectioned by microtome, mounted, and stained with hematoxylin and eosin dyes. The fixed and stained sections were then examined using light microscopy. Nerve tissue was found to be concentrated in the medial portions of the sacrospinous ligaments, but nerves were found in all segments of the ligament. It was concluded that, nervous tissue is present and widely distributed within the body of the sacrospinous ligament. A wide variety of sizes and thicknesses are also demonstrated, suggesting a variety of functions, including possible pain reception. This fact should be taken into consideration when planning operative procedures for pelvic prolapse.

Results indicated that placement of suture through the cricoid cartilage at the caudal border of the cricoarytenoid articulation was appropriate to sufficiently reduce LAR without increasing the risk of aspiration pneumonia through overabduction of the arytenoid cartilage.

Plated radii of small-breed dogs had normalized stiffnesses equal to or less than plated radii of large-breed dogs. The complications typically associated with plating of radial fractures in small-breed dogs cannot be ascribed to an overly stiff bone-plate construct.