The VIN consultants have compiled information on:

• Gastrointestinal, urological, and oncological surgery
• Hernia repair
• Biopsy techniques
• Suture selection
• Wound care, and
• Minimally invasive surgery

You'll also find links to:

• Products and equipment
• Surgery journals
• Informational websites and surgery organizations
• Instructional slide shows, videos and images on various surgical topics
• Dozens of other surgical resources

Reach the Surgery-Soft Tissue Specialty Center through the Surgery-Soft Tissue folder About Page and the Specialty Centers in the VIN Library.

Build Your Own Deck of Flashcards
Whether you're still in school or are a perpetual student, VIN Flashcards will help you brush up on your fundamentals.

Hundreds of flashcards are organized by medical topic or organ system. Build and save custom decks of cards, then use them to quiz yourself. Want more information? Each card has a reference so you can get the full story.

***Special thanks go to VINner Rachel Blackmer, DVM (Tufts, 1991) for kick-starting this effort and contributing a huge number of her flashcards. Now it's your turn -- let us know if you have created cards you'd like to share or have ideas you'd like to see developed!

NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CLICK, reported for YOU...

• Hey! Dogs and cats get anaphylaxis, too
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• Veterinarians offer, accept help during 'Great Flood'
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• Suspend Lindsey’s veterinary license, judges recommend
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• Massachusetts hustles to adopt new rabies approach
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Evolving story:
- Veterinary clinic coming to Wal-Mart?
- Prescription medications without a prescription

Be a VIN newshound:
VNS is your news service. Have an idea for a story? Have a story that needs covering?
E-mail Reporters@vin.com.

Share news.vin.com with non-VINners. The VIN News Service stories (without access to the community discussions) are publicly available.

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New and Revised Articles to Share With Your Clients!

Veterinary Partner

• Marijuana Toxicity (revised)

Texas Farm Radio

• Best Grazing Time for Horses

VetzInsight

• What Would you do with an Injured Stray? Part 1

Canine Lymphoma
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Median survival times for dogs without treatment is 4-6 weeks; with gold standard therapy, survival times are 1 year with 25% chance for 2-year survival.

Top 5 Topical Ocular Anti-Inflammatory & Analgesic Agents
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Drug selection and administration frequency and duration are based on the severity and location of the inflammatory process treated because penetration to the site of action is affected by both disease- and drug-specific factors. Topical administration of medications is rarely indicated for posterior segment (posterior to the lens) diseases because of poor penetration into the posterior segment.

Sago Palm Toxicosis in Dogs
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With sago palm toxicosis, prognosis varies depending on how soon the toxicant is identified, speed of decontamination, and severity of clinical signs. Once acute hepatic necrosis develops, prognosis is poor to grave.

Techniques For Performing Incisional Gastropexy In Dogs
I pull the pylorus to the right body wall and see where it will comfortably fit without excessive tension and without causing a pneumo. This will typically be in the region of the last rib, but not always.

Dog Trainer Claims To Be Behavior Specialist And Accuses Veterinarian Of Malpractice
Overstepping is a problem in the field of behavior/training, but there is another side to all of this -- it can be a good thing to develop a partnership/mutual referral relationship with ethical and science-minded trainers.

Dog With Anterior Uveal Melanoma And Metastasis To Optic Nerve: Prognosis And Further Treatment Options
Wow, I have to say this presentation is a first for me. I have never seen a canine ocular melanoma track along the optic nerve before!

Good Response To Topical Medications In Kitten With Ruptured Globe
The left eye looks much better. I'm surprised he has a dazzle in that eye, but cats are amazing healers.

Wondering how long it is until the next Rounds session? Take a look at the Rounds Countdown Clock!

Venting Over a Venti
Tuesday, September 6 - 9:30 p.m. ET
(Wednesday, September 7 - 1:30 a.m. GMT)
Need to vent about solo vet issues?
Christina McRae, DVM, and other colleagues are here to lend an ear.

How to Use VIN, Part 1
Wednesday, September 7 - 9:30 p.m. ET
(Thursday, September 8 - 1:30 a.m. GMT)
The VIN Representative Committee will show you how to get more out of your VIN experience.
Email HowTo@VIN.com for more information about this free, three-session course.

VIN Rounds
Sunday, September 11 - 8 p.m. ET
(Monday, September 12 - Midnight GMT)
Join Margie Scherk, DVM, DABVP, for Sarcopenia and Cachexia: Normal and Abnormal Causes of Skinny Old Cats.
*This 90-minute session will feature audio. Take the readiness test before attending.

Need help remembering when Rounds sessions are happening? Check out the list of ways to be reminded about VIN Rounds sessions.

Want to See What You've Been Missing?
(@ = VINCast available; R = Replay available)

• Deficits in Lateral Paw Positioning after Spinal Cord Injury Interim Journal Club (R)
• Bees Need Vets Too @ (R)
• When, Why, and How a Veterinarian Should Use a Professional Advisor @
• Transitioning From Day to Night: Teamwork Across Shifts VIN/VECCS (R)
• Keeping Current with the Literature @ (R)
• Practical Use of Cyclosporine @ (R)

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Meet the VIN Consultant Team -- Over 240 of the most dedicated and talented leaders in veterinary medicine monitor and facilitate clinical discussions that help us all be better clinicians while helping individual VINners manage their cases.

Are you a specialist who loves helping (and learning from) your colleagues? Call Paul Pion at 530-757-6881 or email to Paul@vin.com for more information.

Book Reviews of the Week
- Atlas of Normal Radiographic Anatomy & Anatomic Variants in the Dog and Cat
- Pocket Handbook Of Small Animal Medicine
Catch up on previous Book Reviews!

Website of the Week
USDA Food Composition Database

Upcoming Conferences
Looking to attend or contribute a paper to a veterinary conference? Check out the On the Road with VIN folder or the Press Releases folder to see which upcoming conferences VIN will be attending. Be sure to stop by the Cyber Café or any of the other VIN booths if you’re attending ECVIM, SWVS, or Veterinary Dental Forum.

NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!
Visit the CE Main Page and check out the Course Catalog to see what other courses are starting soon.

Clinical Concepts in Collecting and Evaluating Blood Smears and Bone Marrow Aspirates
September 8 - October 30, 2016
Presenter(s): Rebekah G. Gunn-Christie, DVM, DACVP and Adam Honeckman, DVM, DACVIM

This course offers veterinarians a unique perspective on blood smears and bone marrow aspirates from both an internist and a clinical pathologist teaching in tandem. This allows for discussions on obtaining diagnostic samples, interpreting blood smears and bone marrow aspirates in conjunction with history, physical exam, laboratory data and diagnostic imaging and how to use this information to optimize a treatment plan.

NAVLE® Review and Preparation Fall 2016
September 9 - November 9, 2016
Presenter(s): Steven I. McLaughlin, DVM, MPH, DACVPM; Waiva A.Worthley, DVM;
Lisle George, DVM, PhD, DACVIM; Emily Graves, VMD, MS, DACVIM; Laura Ridge Cousins, DVM, MS, DACVIM; Michele Gaspar, DVM, MS, DAVBP; Bob Doneley, BVSc, FACVSc (Avian Health), CMAVA

Organized by species, each Real Time Session will highlight the "Top 20" diseases and conditions encountered by practitioners in the U.S. and Canada. All Real Time Sessions will include multiple-choice questions similar to those that candidates will encounter on the NAVLE®. The questions will lead to a brief discussion and summary of each condition in a distilled format. We will cover NAVLE®; study plans and exam strategies and provide strategies for reviewing topics not covered in the "Top 20s." The last session will include a mock examination.

Visit the CE Participant Resource Center to learn the basics of online CE, how to find your course area, CE participation requirements, and much more!

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