| dc.creator | Penha, Euler Moraes | |
| dc.creator | Cardoso, Gillian Macario | |
| dc.creator | Carneiro, Rodrigo Lima | |
| dc.creator | Martins Filho, Emanoel Ferreira | |
| dc.creator | Gomes Juniors, Deusdete Conceição | |
| dc.creator | Moraes, Vinicius de Jesus | |
| dc.creator | Aguiar, Wagner Ribeiro | |
| dc.creator | Soares, Milena Botelho Pereira | |
| dc.date | 2015-04-06T17:31:58Z | |
| dc.date | 2015-04-06T17:31:58Z | |
| dc.date | 2011 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-26T23:17:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-09-26T23:17:03Z | |
| dc.identifier | PENHA, E. M. et al. Traumatic spinal cord injury in cats: three years epidemiologic study and late characterization of lesions by computerized tomography imaging analysis. Pubvet, Londrina, v. 5, n. 26, p. 1169-1180, 2011. | |
| dc.identifier | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/9901 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8888865 | |
| dc.description | Late complications of spinal cord injury in cats are not well known. Current
imaging methods allow the acquisition of more detailed information and guide the choice of treatment. We evaluated 22 cats, and in 6, we draw an
epidemiological late traumatic lesions in the spinal cord, characterizing by
means of computed tomography (CT), its natural evolution. The causes of
trauma in the animals evaluated were falling through the window of apartment
and car accidents, firearm, and intentional human assault. The location of
trauma were: T7 to T11 in three cats, T12 to L2 in 17 cats; L3 to L7 in two
cats. By CT we observed the presence of hypoattenuation area surrounding the
spinal cord with atrophy in six cats. Compressive lesion was absent in one
animal, one was mild, and severe in four others. Fractures in the dorsal and
ventral compartments were observed in 50% and 33.34% of cases,
respectively. In three animals the lesion was multiple and involved the pedicles
and intervertebral discs. Although it was possible to locate and describe the
lesions in the bone tissue, the observation and classification of lesions in
adjacent soft tissues were unsatisfactory. Few animals survived after trauma to
the spinal cord over the three years of observations, thus we indicate the use
of other diagnostic tools like magnetic resonance imaging and
electroneuromyography to develop more effective therapeutic approaches
aiming the increasing of life expectancy with quality of animals with spinal cord
injury. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Publicacoes em Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia | |
| dc.rights | open access | |
| dc.subject | Spinal cord | |
| dc.subject | Neurorthopedics | |
| dc.subject | Feline | |
| dc.subject | Spinal trauma | |
| dc.title | Traumatic spinal cord injury in cats: three years epidemiologic study and late characterization of lesions by computerized tomography imaging analysis | |
| dc.type | Article | |
