NEUROLOGY 6 Flashcards
what are 3 categories of diseases of the spinal cord?
vascular
traumatic
degenerative
describe the 2 layers of the intervertebral disc
-why is IVDD unusual between T2-T10?
describe the two types of IVDD disease?
-which one is in chondrodystrophic breeds?
-which one is in older dogs?
-hansen type I: disc extrusion
-hansen type II: disc protrusion
briefly descirbe the 5 categories/grading of dysfunciton relating to spinal cord lesion
ON UMN AND LMN r
ON CERVICAL IVDD CLINICAL SIGNS
signs of thoraculumbar IVDD?
-kyphosis
-pain n reluctancy to move
-pelvic limb lameness
-urinary n fecal incontinence
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SAME ON LUMBOSACRAL IVDD
IS DIFFERENTIATED FORM THORACIC DUE TO MUSCLE TONE N SPINALR EFLEXES
ADD COVERED N REG PIC OF IVDD RADIOGRPAHY
IVDD CT
IVDD MRI
IVDD TX
describe surgical TX of IVDD
-surgically drill window till the disc extrusion
-????
what are the two types of cervical spondylomyelopathy: “wobblers disease”
-disc associated
-osseous associated
describe disc-associated CSM
on osseous-assocaited CSM
on degeneratve lumbosacral stenosis
on DLSS
signalment of CDM? canine degenerative myelopathy
-middle age-old
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