THREE BIG KIDNEYS

Sarah Young, DVM, Mobile Veterinary Sonographer & Sonosite Contributor, discusses feline kidneys and three disease processes that have similar palpation and radiographic findings of smooth, large kidneys however have distinctly different ultrasound appearances.

FEMORAL NERVE BLOCK

Fernando Garcia-Pereira DVM, MS, DACVAA, Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Florida, demonstrates an ultrasound-guided femoral nerve block in the inguinal region of a dog

BRACHIAL PLEXUS NERVE BLOCK

Fernando Garcia-Pereira DVM, MS, DACVAA, Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Florida, demonstrates an ultrasound-guided brachial plexus nerve block in a dog with an interscalene approach.

FEMORAL NERVE BLOCK

Fernando Garcia-Pereira DVM, MS, DACVAA, Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Florida, demonstrates an ultrasound-guided femoral nerve block in the inguinal region of a dog

BRACHIAL PLEXUS NERVE BLOCK

Fernando Garcia-Pereira DVM, MS, DACVAA, Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Florida, demonstrates an ultrasound-guided brachial plexus nerve block in a dog with an interscalene approach.

SCIATIC NERVE BLOCK  

Matt Read, DVM, MVSc, DACVAA, demonstrates an ultrasound-guided sciatic nerve block in a dog. These blocks provide regional anaesthesia and post-operative analgesia for procedures typically distal to the stifle in a dog.