title: Analgesic management of an eight-year-old Springer Spaniel after amputation of a thoracic limb.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Small Animal Teaching Hospital, Leahurst, University of Liverpool, Neston CH64 7TE. e.west@liv.ac.uk.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Andreoni
authors.forename: Bj
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Keeley
authors.forename: Ia
authors.initials: Ia
authors.lastname: Self
authors.forename: Br
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jones