VIN Rounds

Are you missing out on clinical rotations because of COVID-19? The VIN Student Team has you covered with Tuesday Topic Rounds.  During the month of May, join the VIN Student Team for 30 minute, case-based sessions every Tuesday at 12pm ET. Everyone and all levels of experience are welcome. There will be time for Q&A and discussion following. The next session is End of Life Care - Keeping Geriatric Patients Comfortable on May 31, 2022 at 12 ET.

In this rounds learn:

• Considerations in geriatric pain management
• Options for geriatric pain management based on common comorbidities and conditions

TO JOIN THE SESSION, LOG INTO THE VIN STUDENT CENTER AND CLICK THE GREEN BUTTON IN THE TOP RIGHT

The Veterinary Information Network (VIN) is here to help you as a vet student – especially during this worldwide pandemic. Membership is always free as a student!

Student Case Study

Submitted by Laci Taylor, Cornell University

Surgical Management of Bilateral Elbow Dysplasia in a 1-year-8-month-old

Mastiff

Abstract

A 1-year-8-month-old female spayed Mastiff presented to Cornell’s Orthopedic Surgery

service for a three-week history of reluctance to walk and non-weight bearing lameness of the

left thoracic limb. Physical examination revealed bilateral elbow thickening, severely decreased

range of motion of both elbow joints, bilateral hip pain, and bilateral grade I/IV medial luxating

patellas. A computed tomography scan revealed severe bilateral elbow osteoarthritis, bilateral

ununited anconeal processes, and bilateral fragmented coronoid processes which confirmed

the presence of bilateral elbow dysplasia.

Surgical management of the right, more severely affected elbow, was elected. Following right

elbow arthroscopy, a surgical approach to the olecranon was performed, and the ununited

anconeal process was visualized and determined to be unstable. It was surgically repaired with

a screw and an anti-rotational pin, and a proximal ulnar osteotomy was performed without

complication.

This report will discuss the presentation, diagnosis, and surgical management of a case of

bilateral elbow dysplasia.

Read the full case report here

Cutest Pet

Submitted by Taylor Williams, The Ohio State University

 

VIN Rounds

Are you missing out on clinical rotations because of COVID-19? The VIN Student Team has you covered with Tuesday Topic Rounds.  During the month of May, join the VIN Student Team for 30 minute, case-based sessions every Tuesday at 12pm ET. Everyone and all levels of experience are welcome. There will be time for Q&A and discussion following. The next session is Physical Medicine - Acupuncture, Manual Therapy, Massage, and Physical Therapy for Animals on May 24, 2022 at 12 ET.

In this rounds learn:

• Learn how acupuncture works and indications for use.
• Techniques for physical therapy in practice
• Learn about manual therapy and massage for animals.

TO JOIN THE SESSION, LOG INTO THE VIN STUDENT CENTER AND CLICK THE GREEN BUTTON IN THE TOP RIGHT

The Veterinary Information Network (VIN) is here to help you as a vet student – especially during this worldwide pandemic. Membership is always free as a student!

Foot in Mouth Disease

Submitted by Madison Gohlke, Auburn University

Graduation Day

It’s getting time to move on out

The grades have been assigned

E-value tasks completed

Job offers all aligned

Houses, trailers, campers sold

Cardboard boxes packed

Years of dog hair swept away

Closets all ransacked

Old clothes pawned off on poor first-years:

“The only thing you’ll need!”

FIGS go for a hundred bucks; 

Why are toasters always free? 

It’s really been the longest year

And somehow the shortest too

We’ve SOAPed and SOAPed till our brains fell out

Then SOAPed and SOAPed anew

We’ve cheered our friends in surgery

And crushed rounds over Zoom

We’ve euthanized sweet patients

Then cried in the bathroom

We’ve chased manic goats and rage-fueled cats 

And sprayed stuff in our eyes

We’ve felt like superheroes

And learned more than we realized

It’s been a long time coming

And I admit, I’m awfully scared

They’re handing me a license

But I just don’t feel prepared

We call it “practice,” but seems to me

You must know everything

What if I miss hookworms?

What even is the spleen?

I’m scared of angry clients 

And renal-anything

But it’s time to swallow courage

And DO the hardest thing

We’ll have a lot of questions

And make mistakes along the way

But they tell us that they make good vets

And they believe we’ll be okay

So I’ll hold on to my training

And learn to trust my gut

Wing and a prayer might get me there

Even when it’s not clear-cut

And I’ll miss this lovely little town

And the friends who’ve shared the load

But now’s the time for moving on

To see what’s down the road