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Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion in the Ovine Model
Published on: October 5, 2009
Chronic intervertebral disk herniation associated with fused vertebrae treated by vertebral lateral corpectomy in a
1Small Animal Clinic, Department of Surgery, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Abstract:
A 10-year-old Domestic Shorthair cat was admitted for chronic ambulatory paraparesis and a spinal malformation. The clinical examination revealed paraparesis accentuated on the left side. Thoracolumbar radiographs revealed a spinal malformation with a narrowed intervertebral space between L1 and L2, and a dorsal fusion at the level of L2-L3 with a common dorsal process. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed an intervertebral disk herniation with a ventral compression of the spinal cord at the level of L1/2. A standard vertebral lateral corpectomy with a foraminotomy was performed with a good outcome.
