Abstract OBJECTIVE To fluoroscopically evaluate the effects of head posture and sedation on laryngopharyngeal anatomic structures in dogs. ANIMALS 6 clinically normal Beagles (mean age, 6.2 years; mean weight, 10.4 kg). PROCEDURES Each dog was sedated placed right lateral recumbency, fluoroscopic examinations were performed with flexed, neutral, extended postures (FHP, NHP, EHP, respectively). ...

The celiac trunk and the mesenteric arteries may present variations with different clinical significance. A celiacomesenteric trunk was discovered in a patient with mesenteric ischemia and a history of aortic bypass without inferior mesenteric artery reimplantation. Despite thrombectomies and digestive resections, the patient died. Anatomic variations like celiacomesenteric trunk must be known ...