Abstract Background Canine cervical spondylomyelopathy can be separated into osseous and disc-associated (DA-CSM) forms. Our aim was to describe the magnetic resonance imaging (using a high-field scanner) neurological findings in dogs with DA-CSM investigate relationship between these findings. Results Sixty-three were included: 60/63 (95 %) large breeds, Doberman Pinschers males over-represent...

Spinal stenosis is a term that means narrowing of the spinal canal or the nerve root foramina. It is thus divided into central or lateral stenosis. Central stenosis produces compression of the thecal sac: soft tissue (ligamentum flavum and disc) may contribute as much as 40% to this compression. It is more common in males because their spinal canal is smaller at the L3-L5 level. Lateral stenosi...

PURPOSE To measure the effect of extension, flexion, lateral bending, and axial rotation loads applied to the spine on the anatomic relationship of the spinal nerves in the neural foramen to the ligamentum flavum and the intervertebral disk, anc to determine the effect of disk degeneration on the response to loading. METHODS Cadaveric lumbar motion segments were examined with CT and MR imagin...

Nine horses with clinical and radiographic findings of cervical vertebral malformation that were necropsied and examined using frozen cervical spinal cord cross sections were reviewed. Only cases with actual distortion of the spinal cord due to compression were selected. The goal of the study was to determine the morphologic features responsible for narrowing of the spinal canal and compression...

The yellow ligament, or Ligamentum flavum, is the ligament that connects lamina arches of two adjacent vertebrae in spine [1,2]. This and has elasticity [3,4]. flavum ossification an uncommon cause pressure on cervical cord [3] [5-7]. commonly occurs thoracic which can myelopathic symptoms patient [8,9]. main this problem unknown, but it when soft tissue calcified causes narrowing spinal canal ...