Analgesic management of an eight-year-old Springer Spaniel after amputation of a thoracic limb

Irish Veterinary Journal

BR Jones¹  IA Self¹  BJ Keeley¹  V Andreoni¹  E West² 

[1] University Veterinary Hospital, School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland;Small Animal Teaching Hospital, Leahurst, University of Liverpool, Neston CH64 7TE

关键词: pain assessment;    morphine;    meloxicam;    lidocaine;    ketamine;    infusions;    fentanyl;    canine;    bupivacaine;    amputation;    analgesia;   

Others  :  1149952
DOI  :  10.1186/2046-0481-62-2-111

【 摘 要 】

Analgesic agents were administered perioperatively to an eight-year-old Springer Spaniel undergoing amputation of its right thoracic limb. The amputation was carried out due to a painful, infiltrative and poorly differentiated sarcoma involving the nerves of the brachial plexus. A combination of pre-emptive and multimodal perioperative analgesic strategies was used; including intravenous (IV) infusions of fentanyl, morphine, lidocaine and ketamine.

   

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