title: An easy and safe way to dress limb flaps in the dog.
abstract: When a flap is elevated in a human, the patient is usually managed with bed rest. The same conditions are impractical in dogs. Sometimes a flap in the dog must be protected from the dog itself by applying a special cast or a bucket on the head. An easy, safe, inexpensive, and quick method to dress the dog, by simply applying hot pepper into the dressing, is described.
authors.affiliation: Microsurgery Research Centre, St. Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dvir
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Morrison
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: O'Brien
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001458:Bandages; D004285:Dogs; D005121:Extremities / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps