The use of alfaxalone and remifentanil total intravenous anesthesia in a dog undergoing a craniectomy for tumor resection.
A 7-year-old castrated border collie dog was anesthetised for surgical resection of a hippocampal mass. Anesthesia was maintained using a previously unreported TIVA protocol for craniectomy consisting of alfaxalone and remifentanil. Recovery was uneventful, and the patient was discharged from hospital. We describe the anesthetic management of this case.
Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Werribee, Victoria, Australia (Warne, Beths, Bauquier); Veterinary Anaesthesia Services International, Zürcherstrasse 39, 8400 Winterthur, Switzerland (Fogal).
Leon N
LN
Warne
Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Werribee, Victoria, Australia (Warne, Beths, Bauquier); Veterinary Anaesthesia Services International, Zürcherstrasse 39, 8400 Winterthur, Switzerland (Fogal).
Thierry
T
Beths
Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Werribee, Victoria, Australia (Warne, Beths, Bauquier); Veterinary Anaesthesia Services International, Zürcherstrasse 39, 8400 Winterthur, Switzerland (Fogal).
Sandra
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Fogal
Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Werribee, Victoria, Australia (Warne, Beths, Bauquier); Veterinary Anaesthesia Services International, Zürcherstrasse 39, 8400 Winterthur, Switzerland (Fogal).
Sébastien H
SH
Bauquier
D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000818:Animals; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D056424:Decompressive Craniectomy / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D004285:Dogs / Q000502:physiology*; D006624:Hippocampus; D008297:Male; D010880:Piperidines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011277:Pregnanediones / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000077208:Remifentanil
D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D010880:Piperidines; D011277:Pregnanediones; C006477:alphaxalone; D000077208:Remifentanil