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Data retrieved included signalment, reason for AS, anesthesia time, additional procedure performed, perioperative and postoperative antibiotic administration, use of LB, development of SSI, and bacterial isolates.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The study population included 105 dogs that underwent a total of 121 ASs. In 18 of 105 cases (17.1%), SSI was noted. For the cases where LB was infiltrated intraoperatively, the rate of SSI was 17.5% (11 of 63). In cases where LB was not used, the rate of SSI was 16.7% (7 of 42). The most common bacterial isolates were <jats:italic>Escherichia coli<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Enterococcus<\/jats:italic> spp. Of the 10 cultures, 8 had resistance profiles and 2 of 8 (25%) were found to have multidrug-resistant bacteria present, with no difference between the groups.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>This study did not show that LB was a significant risk factor for the development of SSI or multidrug-resistant infections.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title>CLINICAL RELEVANCE<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Incisional infiltration of LB does not seem to be associated with a higher rate of SSI or higher rates of multidrug-resistant infections in dogs undergoing AS.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.2460\/javma.24.10.0682","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,7]],"date-time":"2025-02-07T13:15:22Z","timestamp":1738934122000},"page":"1005-1010","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Liposomal bupivacaine use is not associated with a higher rate of surgical site infections or multidrug-resistant infections in dogs undergoing anal sacculectomy"],"prefix":"10.2460","volume":"263","author":[{"given":"Benjamin H.","family":"Goldblatt","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Giovanni","family":"Tremolada","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1272","reference":[{"issue":"4","key":"ref1","series-title":"Vet Surg","first-page":"674","article-title":"Incidence and severity of short-term incisional complications after intraoperative local infiltration of liposomal bupivacaine in dogs","volume":"51","author":"Power AM","year":"2022","unstructured":"Power AM, McKee T, Jordan K, Bergman PJ, Davis KM. 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