Fracture of the lumbar spine in a dog
A 5-year-old female Labrador retriever presented “to us at West Midlands Veterinary Referrals off her back legs” after a road traffic accident.
Read moreSpinal surgery for lumbar intervertebral disc disease
An 8-year-old male border collie presented at West Midlands Veterinary Referrals with ever-worsening use of his back legs. This had progressed over a few weeks. A needle was inserted into the fluid sac surrounding his spinal cord just before his pelvis.
Read moreBroken Neck
A 7-year-old female Jack Russell terrier, who lives on a farm and loves nothing more than to catch rats, was riding in the front seat of a car when it was involved in a road traffic accident.
Read moreSpinal surgery for thoracic intervertebral disc disease
Gizmo presented to us suffering from an acute paralysis of the hind limbs. He was completely off his back legs and the referring vet suspected that one of the intervertebral discs, the soft tissue spacers that sit between the bones of the spinal column, had ruptured. One of our nurses recognised this dog and its owners. She had actually been at his birth (by caesarean) five years before in a previous employment!
Read moreAtlantoaxial subluxation in a toy breed
A young pomeranian was referred to us at West Midlands Veterinary Referrals and could not stand. The referring vet had already diagnosed atlantoaxial subluxation from xrays of the head and neck, viewing the neck from the side with the head in various degrees of flexion.
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