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Cervical Intervertebral Disk Protrusion in a Horse
Author(s) -
NIXON ALAN J.,
STASHAK TED S.,
INGRAM JAMES T.,
NORRDIN ROBERT W.,
PARK RICHARD D.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
veterinary surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1532-950X
pISSN - 0161-3499
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-950x.1984.tb00781.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intervertebral disk , horse , anatomy , dorsum , paresis , ataxia , intervertebral disc , decompression , cervical vertebrae , surgery , lumbar , paleontology , psychiatry , biology
A Hansen type ll intervertebral disk protrusion was diagnosed in an 18‐year‐old horse with signs of progressive ataxia and paresis. A soft tissue mass dorsal to the C6‐C7 intervertebral disk space was identified at myelogram and found to be an intervertebral disk protrusion with enlarged dorsal annulus fibrosis at surgery. Surgical decompression was achieved using a ventral approach to the caudal cervical vertebrae, an approach limited in its application by the vertebral venous sinuses. Neurological signs remained unchanged for 3 days and then deteriorated. The horse was euthanized.