Conditions of the thoracolumbar spine

Semin Vet Med Surg Small Anim. 1996 Nov;11(4):235-53. doi: 10.1016/s1096-2867(96)80017-x.

Abstract

Neurological deficits suggesting trauma to the spinal cord in the thoracolumbar area are the most common clinical presentation of neurosurgical conditions. By far, the most common cause of thoracolumbar spinal cord dysfunction is intervertebral disc disease. Disc herniation and subsequent spinal cord compression usually requires prompt medical treatment, then referral for high detail radiographs, myelogram, and surgical decompression. Other causes of thoracolumbar spinal cord dysfunction include neoplasia, discospondylitis, fibrocartilaginous embolism, and degenerative myelopathy.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dog Diseases / diagnosis
  • Dog Diseases / etiology
  • Dog Diseases / physiopathology*
  • Dogs
  • Embolism / complications
  • Embolism / physiopathology
  • Embolism / veterinary
  • Postoperative Care / methods
  • Postoperative Care / veterinary
  • Prognosis
  • Radiography
  • Spinal Cord / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Cord / pathology
  • Spinal Cord / surgery
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / etiology
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / physiopathology
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / veterinary*
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / complications
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / physiopathology
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / veterinary
  • Surgery, Veterinary / methods
  • Thoracic Vertebrae