Pre-operative and intra-operative surgical considerations for haemabdomen

Which factor is the most useful when prognosticating a dog with a splenic mass?

Age of dog

Breed of dog

Presence of haemabdomen

No evidence of metastasis on thoracic radiographs

Histopathology of the splenic mass

What % of dogs that present with a splenic mass has malignant splenic disease when considering all breeds of dogs

50% of dogs that present with a splenic mass has malignant disease

Two-thirds of dogs that present with a splenic mass has malignant disease

65% of dogs that present with a splenic mass has malignant disease

80% of dogs that present with a splenic mass has malignant disease

100% of dogs that present with a splenic mass has malignant disease

What is the purpose of additional diagnostic tests when evaluating a dog with a haemabdomen

Assess for metastasis

Identify the source of the bleeding

To assess for comorbidities

All of the above

In what % of dogs that present with an atraumatic haemabdomen is the source of the bleeding from the spleen

74-90%

90-99%

80-90%

45-50%

What size does a thoracic nodule (metastasis) need to be, to be seen on thoracic radiographs?

1-2 mm

3-5 mm

7-9 mm

12-14 mm

What size does a thoracic nodule (metastasis) need to be, to be seen on computed tomography (CT)?

1-2 mm

3-5 mm

7-9 mm

12-14 mm

In what sequence should the splenic vasculature be ligated when performing a splenectomy

Splenic vessels – left gastro-epiploic vessels – Short gastric vessels

Left gastro-epiploic vessels – Splenic vessels – short gastric vessels

Short gastric vessels- right gastro-epiploic vessels – splenic vessels

Right gastro-epiploic vessels – splenic vessels- short gastric vessels

What % of medium to large breed dogs developed GDV following splenectomy

10%

4%

25%

8%

On average do benign splenic masses have a higher or lower mass to splenic volume ratio?

Higher

Lower

Is the following statement true or false: A reliable preoperative biochemical or cytologic test to differentiate between haemangiosarcoma and non-haemangiosarcoma related hemoabdomen has not been identified

True

False

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Pre-operative and intra-operative surgical considerations for haemabdomen