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Cervical vertebral fracture in a Thoroughbred filly with minimal neurological dysfunction
Author(s) -
Muno J.,
Samii V.,
Gallatin L.,
Robertson J.,
Chase J.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
equine veterinary education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 2042-3292
pISSN - 0957-7734
DOI - 10.2746/095777309x453128
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , neurological deficit , radiography , cervical vertebrae , spinal cord , neck pain , tetraplegia , spinal trauma , spinal cord injury , alternative medicine , pathology , psychiatry
Summary Vertebral fractures in horses are relatively common and often occur due to trauma. Clinical signs may range from neck pain and mild neurological dysfunction to tetraplegia and death. Severity of signs and prognosis depends on extent of damage to the spinal cord. In this Case Report, serial radiographs, which track the bony changes associated with fracture healing, were performed over one year. Although surgical techniques have been described to repair fractures to the vertebrae, patients with minimal neurological deficit may have a favourable outcome with conservative medical management, as in this case.