L. Ma, K. Zheng, W. Sun, H. Lu, Y. Wang Department of Radiology, PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China, People's Republic of, Department of Radiology, Navy General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China, People's Republic of, GE Healthcare China, Beijing, China, People's Republic of Although there are some technical difficulties in applying diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in the spinal cord, DTI has bee...

CASE SUMMARY An 8-year-old domestic shorthair neutered male cat was presented with acute onset of paraplegia, absent nociception on the pelvic limbs, tail and perianal area, and a previous history of uncontrolled hyperthyroidism (even after thyroidectomy) and chronic hypertension. The magnetic resonance findings (heterogeneous intramedullary ill-defined area, isointense on T1-weighted and hyper...

BACKGROUND The pathophysiology of ascending/descending myelomalacia (ADMM) after canine intervertebral disk (IVD) extrusion remains poorly understood. Vasoactive molecules might contribute. HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVES To investigate the immunoreactivity of endothelin-1 (ET-1) in the uninjured and injured spinal cord of dogs and its potential association with intramedullary hemorrhage and extension ...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this report is to document a case of cervical spinal stenosis and myelomalacia in a patient with Klippel-Feil (KF) syndrome with a large C4/5 disc bulge presenting with cervical radiculopathy. SUBJECT A 39-year-old man was referred to a private chiropractic practice for a consultation. He complained of limited motion in his neck with pain and numbness radiating down ...

AIM To determine the factors in choosing the right surgical technique for patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy. MATERIAL AND METHODS 60 patients were operated with anterior median corpectomy and anterior fusion for cervical myelopathy in Ankara Atatürk Education and Research Hospital between the years 2006-2011. All data were obtained from patient files retrospectively. Patients were...

INTRODUCTION Anaesthetic mortality in horses is high (approximately 2 %) when compared with small animals. The most prominent causes of equine mortality are cardiovascular collapse and arrest (33.2 %), fractures (25.6 %), myopathes (7 %) and abdominal complications (13.1 %). The literature on anaesthetic-related neurological complications in horses is limited to case studies. Myelomalacia is a ...

PURPOSE To review outcomes of laminoplasty after anterior spinal fusion (ASF) in 8 patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). METHODS Records of 3 men and 5 women aged 49 to 80 (mean, 60) years who underwent laminoplasty after ASF for CSM were reviewed. Before and after ASF and laminoplasty, the causes of CSM, mechanical instability, the Pavlov Torg ratio, the numbers of levels of s...