Objectives: To report the radiographic and clinical outcome of an intervertebral bone cement plug technique for the management of disc-associated cervical spondylopathy in Dobermann Pinscher dogs. Methods: Retrospective study of 52 Dobermann Pinscher dogs. Results: A variable degree of cement plug...
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McKee, W. M.; Pink, J. J.; Gemmill, T. J.
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Schattauer GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany
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Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 2016, 29, 3, pp 195-201
This article discusses the various therapeutic protocols, clinical prognosis and potential complications of cervical spondylopathy or Wobbler syndrome in dogs.
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Jiménez Peláez, M.; Carbonell Rosselló, G.; Feliu-Pascual, A. L.
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ASIS Biomedia s.l., Zaragoza, Spain
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Argos - Informativo Veterinario, 2015, No.171, pp 74, 76, 78
75 intervertebral (7.5 mm) and 22 metal washers (6.0 mm) were used to distract intervertebral spaces in 78 consecutive cases of canine cervical spondylopathy-associated disc protrusions, where myelography had demonstrated traction-responsive spinal cord compression. 19 dogs had compressive lesions...
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McKee, W. M.; Butterworth, S. J.; Scott, H. W.
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Journal of Small Animal Practice, 1999, 40, 10, pp 465-472
The clinical, neurological and radiological aspects of cervical spondylopathy are described in 34 dogs. Large breeds, several of which were not hitherto described in the literature, were affected. Great Danes and Dobermann Pinschers comprised 38% of the cases. The syndrome usually occurred in young ...
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Jaggy, A.; Lang, J.
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Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde, 1986, 128, 8, pp 385-399
Cervical pain and progressive ataxia occurred with high incidence in aged females of two related Borzoi families. On clinical, radiological, and pathological examination, vertebral instability, vertebral subluxation, intervertebral disk herniation, and spinal cord compression were found in the...
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Jaggy, A.; Gaillard, C.; Lang, J.; Vandevelde, M.
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Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association, 1988, 24, 4, pp 453-460
The results of a preliminary study using interbody bone cement to maintain vertebral distraction in 18 dynamic cases of cervical spondylopathy are described. A 2.7 mm transvertebral screw was used to maintain vertebral distraction during bone cement placement and to prevent ventral displacement of...
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McKee, M.; Miller, A.
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Veterinary Record, 1996, 138, 14, pp 340
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European Society of Veterinary Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Cremona, Italy
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14th ESVOT Congress Proceedings, Munich, Germany, 10-14 September 2008. The cutting edge in veterinary orthopaedics CE, 2008, pp 153-155
A steady increase in the incidence of spondylopathies in dogs has been recorded at veterinary surgeries. A guide to the differential diagnosis of vascular, infectious, traumatic, metabolic, idiopatic and degenerative lesions and abnormalities was offered. Causes of compressions of the spinal cord,...
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Fajnor, J.; Sibert, J.
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Komora Veterinarnych Lekarov SR, Košice, Slovakia
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Informačný Spracodajca, 2003, 12, 4, pp 3-8
A technique using two interbody washers and a transvertebral screw was utilised to distract the cervical vertebrae and so decompress the spinal cord in 17 Dobermann Pinschers and 3 Great Danes with cervical spondylopathy. Neurological dysfunction was graded (1 to 5) according to the degree of...
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McKee, W. M.; Lavelle, R. B.; Richardson, J. L.; Mason, T. A.
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Journal of Small Animal Practice, 1990, 31, 1, pp 21-26
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Butterworth, S. J.
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Veterinary Annual, 1995, 35, pp 107-117