Analgesic management of an eight-year-old Springer Spaniel after amputation of a thoracic limb

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• analgesia
• amputation
• bupivacaine
• canine
• fentanyl
• infusions
• ketamine
• lidocaine
• meloxicam
• morphine
• pain assessment