Sentences with phrase «spinal cord compression»

The image of the dye can be seen to narrow at the area of spinal cord compression identifying the area of compression in 85 - 95 % of cases.

If a ruptured disc causes spinal cord compression, a dog can develop difficulty walking or develop paralysis in their hind end.

Less shock will be able to be absorbed and eventually this could result in spinal cord compression or disc herniation.

Where the herniation and so spinal cord compression occurs, dictates the symptoms the individual will feel.

Intervertebral Disc Disease (IVDD) is a common cause of spinal cord compression resulting neurologic disease.

According to Medicine Net, people with achondroplasia might experience abnormalities like spinal cord compression resulting in pain and stiffness.

When presented with a patient with spinal weakness, it is important to determine whether the problem involves spinal cord compression because compressive lesions can benefit from surgery / anti-inflammatories while other diseases can not.

Surgical Management - The aim of surgery is to remove the disc herniation, eliminate spinal cord compression and allow room for the spinal cord to swell which is a normal part of the healing process.

The MRI showed a herniated disk at L1 - L2 (lumbar area of spine) with spinal cord compression.

CT can be used to aid in lesion localization and can also be used to assess spinal cord compression by disc protrusions or other lesions.

He had developed a disc herniation causing spinal cord compression - also known as intervertebral disc disease.

Cervical stenosis is most often caused by a number of factors which combine to cause a critical level of spinal cord compression, at which time symptoms may develop.

In this instance, disease of the dorsal articular facets predisposes to hypertrophy of the associated joint capsule and ligaments, resulting also in spinal cord compression.

If the cancer spreads to the spine, the vertebrae can collapse, causing spinal cord compression.

Metastatic prostate cancer cells often travel to bone, where they can affect bone structure and cause severe pain, pathological fractures, and spinal cord compression.

Surgery may also be instrumental in helping to control symptoms such as bowel obstruction or spinal cord compression.

«When the spine curves abnormally, spinal cord compression can occur,» Reif says.

My dog Enzo recently underwent emergency back surgery for a spinal cord compression injury.

A myelogram, or contrast study outlining the spinal canal, is generally required to visualize a herniated disc, identify the disc space affected, assess the degree of spinal cord compression and potentially rule out other forms of spinal cord compression not associated with disc herniation.

If the images show that your dog has spinal cord compression, it will have to undergo surgery.

In these patients the spinal cord compression is caused by bulging of the intervertebral disc and thickening of other supportive ligaments in the vertebrae at the base of the neck.

In rare cases of spinal cord compression, surgery may be necessary to remove the spurs.

Jojo was brought to Sunset Cliffs Animal Hospital in September of 2015, suffering from severe spondylosis and spinal cord compression.

In rare cases, the osteophytes may be causing spinal cord compression, and in these cases, surgery to remove them may be indicated.

Although the spinal cord compression occurs in the neck, the hind legs often are affected first.

Screw tail breeds are at risk of spina bifida and hemivertebrae (wedge shaped vertebrae causing severe kinking of the vertebral column and spinal cord compression)(Pug)

Subluxation at this location can cause spinal cord compression and bruising resulting in clinical signs of neck pain, weakness and even paralysis.

Lady Josephine Beatrix Von Snugglebottom was brought to Sunset Cliffs Animal Hospital in September of 2015, suffering from severe spondylosis and spinal cord compression.

For clinically normal dogs, there were 11 sites of compression: 9 subarachnoid space compression and 2 sites of spinal cord compression.