Craniocervical junction abnormalities with atlantoaxial subluxation caused by ventral subluxation of C2 were diagnosed in a 6-month-old female Pomeranian with tetraplegia as a clinical sign. Lateral survey radiography of the neck with flexion revealed atlantoaxial subluxation with ventral ...
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Itoh, H.; Itamoto, K.; Eto, S.; Haraguchi, T.; Nishikawa, S.; Tani, K.; Itoh, Y.; Hiyama, M.; Iseri, T.; Nakaichi, M.; Taura, Y.
Publisher
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya
Citation
Open Veterinary Journal, 2017, 7, 1, pp 65-69
Atlantoaxial subluxation is a neurological condition caused by a congenital and/or developmental abnormality that affects young small-breed dogs. It can also have a traumatic origin; in this case, it can affect any breed of dog at any age. In this condition, the cranial surface of the axis is...
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Ferreira, D. R. C.; Tudury, E. A.
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Editora Guará, São Paulo, Brazil
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Clínica Veterinária, 2015, 20, 119, pp 56-74
Objectives: Atlantoaxial instability has been reported in humans, dogs, equids and ruminants. The functional role of the atlantoaxial ligaments has only been described rudimentarily in equids and ruminants. The goal of the present cadaveric study was to compare the anatomy between the different...
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Forterre, F.; Stoffel, M. H.; Koch, C.; Precht, C.; Waschk, M.; Bürki, A.
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Schattauer GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany
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Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 2017, 30, 3, pp 219-222
Objective: To describe a novel dorsal technique for stabilization of atlantoaxial subluxation in toy breed dogs using 3-metric nylon suture. Study: Retrospective study. Animals: Fifteen toy breed dogs with a body weight of 2 kg or less with atlantoaxial subluxation. Materials and methods: The ...
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Sánchez-Masian, D.; Luján-Feliu-Pascual, A.; Font, C.; Mascort, J.
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Schattauer GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany
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Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 2014, 27, 1, pp 62-67
Objective: To evaluate outcome and adverse events following ventral stabilization of the atlantoaxial (AA) joint in dogs with clinical AA subluxation using screw/polymethymethacrylate (PMMA) constructs in a retrospective, multi-center cohort study. Study Design: Historical cohort study. Animals: 35 ...
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Steele, M. W. S.; Hodshon, A. W.; Hopkins, A. L.; Tracy, G. M.; Cohen, N. D.; Kerwin, S. C.; Boudreau, C. E.; Thomas, W. B.; Mankin, J. M.; Levine, J. M.
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Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK
Citation
Veterinary Surgery, 2016, 45, 7, pp 909-915
Atlantoaxial instability (AAI)/subluxation commonly occurs in small breed dogs. Ventral stabilization techniques using screws and/or pins and a plate or, more commonly, polymethylmethacrylate are considered to provide the most favorable outcome. However, the implantation of screws of sufficient...
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Kamishina, H.; Sugawara, T.; Nakata, K.; Nishida, H.; Yada, N.; Fujioka, T.; Nagata, Y.; Doi, A.; Konno, N.; Uchida, F.; Maeda, S.
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Public Library of Sciences (PLoS), San Francisco, USA
Citation
PLoS ONE, 2019, 14, 5, pp e0216445
Atlantoaxial subluxation was first reported in dogs nearly fifty years ago. Since that time a better understanding of the aetiologies predisposing to joint laxity and instability has been achieved. Surgeons however are still trying to address the problems associated with stabilizing this joint...
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Stalin, C.; Gutierrez-Quintana, R.; Faller, K.; Guevar, J.; Yeamans, C.; Penderis, J.
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Schattauer GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany
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Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 2015, 28, 1, pp 1-8
Objective - To determine the applicability, complications, and long-term functional outcome of the Kishigami Atlantoaxial Tension Band (Kishigami AATB) for management of congenital and traumatic atlantoaxial (AA) instability in toy breed dogs. Study Design - Case series. Animals - Toy breed dogs...
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Pujol, E.; Bouvy, B.; Omaña, M.; Fortuny, M.; Riera, L.; Pujol, P.
Publisher
Blackwell Publishing, Boston, USA
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Veterinary Surgery, 2010, 39, 1, pp 35-42
A retrospective study on atlantoaxial subluxation in dogs was done by reviewing the cases filed from 2003 to 2008 in the neurological records of the Veterinary Hospital of the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, at Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The following data were identified: Breed,...
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Beckmann, D. V.; Mazzanti, A.; Santini, G.; Santos, R. P.; Festugato, R.; Pelizzari, C. R.; Polidoro Neto, D.; Baumhardt, R.
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Colégio Brasileiro de Patologia Animal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Citation
Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2010, 30, 2, pp 172-176
Objective: To describe an indirect reduction method for ventral fixation of atlantoaxial instability. Study: Retrospective study. Animals: Miniature dogs (n=5) with atlanto-axial instability. Materials and methods: For surgery, the anaesthetized dogs were positioned in dorsal recumbency. A standard ...
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Forterre, F.; Revés, N. V.; Stahl, C.; Gendron, K.; Spreng, D.
Publisher
Schattauer GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany
Citation
Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 2012, 25, 4, pp 332-336