Presurgical Premedication Protocols

  • Atropine 0.05mg/kg and Acepromazine 0.03mg/kg SQ
  • Buprenorphine 0.01 mg/kg

Femoral and sciatic nerve blocks will be performed for all hindlimb surgeries distal to the hip.
All patients will be intubated and maintained throughout the procedure on O2 and isoflurane or sevoflurane.

Intraoperative Procedures

Fluid Therapy
Intraveneous fluids will be administered during the surgical procedure. The rate of crystalloid administration is 5ml/kg/hr. This rate may require adjustment during the surgical procedure.

During surgery, all patients will be monitored with a Cardell veterinary monitor model #9405.
Cardell Monitor 9405

  • NIBP with systolic, diastolic, MAP
  • ECG, Respiration, End tidal CO2 and SpO2