Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with back leg paralysis and bladder loss treated by spine surgery
By Ionuţ Cristian GÂRJOABĂ & Mihai SĂVESCU·Published in Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca: Veterinary Medicine·2019·University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest, RO·View original on DOAJ →
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Original publication title: Laminectomy, Surgical Therapeutical Protocol In The Medullar Compression Syndrome Type L3-L4 Discal Extrusion. Case Report
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- dog
Plain-English summary
A 6-year-old female Pekingese was brought in for sudden paralysis in her back legs and trouble controlling her bladder. After five days of these symptoms, an MRI showed a serious disc problem in her spine. The veterinarian performed surgery to relieve the pressure on her spinal cord by removing part of the vertebrae. Two months later, the dog had fully recovered and was back to her normal self, showing how effective this surgery can be for similar spinal issues.
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Abstract
Medullary compression syndrome is a common disorder, especially in chondrodystrophic breeds, causing a variety of symptoms depending on the location of the compression site and the disc extrusion degree (the amount of pulp nucleus invading the medullary canal). The case presented is that of a 6 years-old female cross-breed Pekingese dog, with the symptoms of paraplegia and urinary incontinence, which had occurred 5 days previously, and current deeply painful sensitivity. Imaging Diagnosis (MRI) reveals an important L3 - L4 disc extrusion, with spinal cord reaction, from the middle of the L3 vertebral body to the middle of the L4 vertebral body. Surgical therapy consisted of decompression by dorsal approach (laminectomy) at the compression site L3 and L4. Two months postoperatively, recovery was complete, laminectomy being the surgical technique used predominantly in the therapy of diffuse spinal cord syndromes.
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Search related cases →Original publication on DOAJ: https://doi.org/10.15835/buasvmcn-vm:2018.0044