A5050624089- Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology
- Veterinary Equine Medical Research
- Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
- Rabies epidemiology and control
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Spinal Cord Injury Research
- Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies
- Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment
Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service
2022-2023
Dogs presenting as paraplegic without nociception due to a thoracolumbar intervertebral disc extrusion provide difficult decision both the clinician and owner. The prognosis when performing surgical decompression remains guarded. Aside from significant extradural compression, these dogs often have secondary spinal cord injury, which has shown be an important factor in determining likelihood of developing progressive myelomalacia return ambulation.This is retrospective, observational, single...
Intervertebral disc disease, including intervertebral extrusions and protrusions, is the most common spinal cord disorder in dogs. Atypical uncommon herniations include intradural/intramedullary extrusion, foraminal extrusion herniation (Schmorl's node). Intradural/extramedullary least type of veterinary medicine, characterized by extruded material within intradural space. To date, only one study has been published medicine reporting intradural/extramedullary extrusions. In this study, low...
Abstract A 5‐month‐old, male, entire labrador retriever (case 1) and a 6‐year‐old, female, neutered greyhound 2) presented following chronic, progressive, non‐painful paraparesis in both cases with L4–Cd L4–S1 neurolocalisation respectively. Magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbosacral region revealed multifocal muscular changes patchy T2‐weighted water‐weighted Dixon hyperintensities, moderate contrast enhancement throughout gluteal lumbar paraspinal muscles. Multifocal radiculoneuropathy...