Get access to all handy features included in the IVIS website
- Get unlimited access to books, proceedings and journals.
- Get access to a global catalogue of meetings, on-site and online courses, webinars and educational videos.
- Bookmark your favorite articles in My Library for future reading.
- Save future meetings and courses in My Calendar and My e-Learning.
- Ask authors questions and read what others have to say.
Biomechanical investigations of the canine caudal cervical spine for a cervical disc prosthesis
Knell S.
Get access to all handy features included in the IVIS website
- Get unlimited access to books, proceedings and journals.
- Get access to a global catalogue of meetings, on-site and online courses, webinars and educational videos.
- Bookmark your favorite articles in My Library for future reading.
- Save future meetings and courses in My Calendar and My e-Learning.
- Ask authors questions and read what others have to say.
Read
Background
Caudal Cervical spondylomyelopathy (CSM) is a common disease in large-breed dogs, leading to various neurologic symptoms caused by compression of the spinal cord and/or nerve roots 1,2. The vast majority of so called disc-associated CSM (DA-CSM) involves intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration and prolapse between the fifth and sixth cervical vertebrae (C5-C6) and C6-C7 1. The pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of this disease are controversial, largely because the disease is not completely understood. Some authors suggest that an increased flexibility of the caudal cervical spine compared with the cranial cervical spine may be a dynamic factor explaining the pathophysiology of this disease 3. As such, there has been an increasing interest in the potential biomechanical factors responsible for this disease 3.
Treatment options for CSM include medical and surgical therapy 1. Surgical treatment is known to have a good overall outcome and therefore, is recommended in many cases 4. Surgical treatment can consist of direct decompression, which includes partial removal of the bulging IVD from a ventral approach (ventral decompression), or indirect decompressive techniques, which includes distraction and fusion of the affected spinal segment 1,5. Even though also decompressive techniques often lead to a delayed fusion of the involved segments 6. Although these surgical techniques are generally satisfactory (70-90% success rate over up to 40-60 months)7, it has been suggested that they can promote a change in spinal kinematics, and consequently a shift of the disease towards the adjacent segment (adjacent segment disease) in up to 20% of the cases 7. [...]
Get access to all handy features included in the IVIS website
- Get unlimited access to books, proceedings and journals.
- Get access to a global catalogue of meetings, on-site and online courses, webinars and educational videos.
- Bookmark your favorite articles in My Library for future reading.
- Save future meetings and courses in My Calendar and My e-Learning.
- Ask authors questions and read what others have to say.
Comments (0)
Ask the author
0 comments