Traumatic events such as a motor vehicle accident or falling from heights are very common in veterinary medicine and often lead to vertebral fracture-luxation with concomitant spinal cord injuries, mostly in the thoracolumbar spine. The purpose of this cadaveric biomechanical study was to determine ...

Lumbosacral fracture/luxation is a traumatic affection of the spine relatively common in dogs and that presents a certain peculiarity in its conformation, since in most cases there is an oblique fracture of the vertebral body of L7 and cranioventral displacement of the fractured portion of L7 and...

(1) Background: Lumbosacral traumatic injuries are reported as 39% of canine vertebral lesions. This area is prone to fracture and luxation. Several surgical techniques were described from 1975 to 2021 to stabilize the traumatic injuries of the lumbosacral junction. This report aims to critically...

External traumatic injuries such as those caused by road traffic accidents, fights or falls in dogs and cats, can result in vertebral column fracture or luxation. The key to successfully managing such cases is an efficient and accurate initial assessment, followed by stabilisation and...

Objective: The aim of this study was to describe minimally invasive spinal stabilization using a unilateral uniplanar external skeletal fixator (ESF, type 1a) with polymethylmethacrylate, and to review short- and long-term outcomes and complications in a clinical case series. Study Design: Medical...

Complete assessment of vertebral trauma in dogs currently requires CT and MRI for evaluation of the osseous and soft tissue structures that contribute to vertebral stability. Some studies in people have suggested that MRI may be sensitive and specific at detecting vertebral fractures making this...

Assessing the presence of vertebral column instability is essential in animals with vertebral fractures or luxations. Spinal instability is most commonly assessed using a three-compartment model and unstable vertebral fractures and luxations require surgical stabilisation. In cases of compression...

Traumatic vertebral fracture or luxation often results in spinal instability requiring surgical stabilization. This study describes the long-term outcome of spinal stabilization using a unilateral 5-hole 2-0 UniLock implant in eight dogs and two cats with trauma-induced thoracolumbar vertebral ...

Vertebral fractures, luxations and spinal deformities have high morbidity and mortality rates in dogs. The thoracolumbar segment is more prone to fractures because at this region there is a transition between a stiff segment (thoracic vertebrae) and a more mobile one (lumbar vertebrae). Surgical...

The objective of the present study was to describe and evaluate the midventral approach to the lumbar spine and stabilization using Polymethyl methacrylate and pins. Six dogs presented with a history of traumatic posterior paralysis and diagnosed to be suffering from lumbar vertebral fracture and ...