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http://dx.doi.org/10.17555/jvc.2017.04.34.2.115

Pin and Bone Cement Fixation of Fifth-Sixth Lumbar Vertebral Fracture-Luxation in a Korean Goral (Nemorhaedus caudatus)  

Choi, Seong-jae (College of Veterinary Medicine and Institute of Veterinary Science, Kangwon National University)
Kim, Jong-taek (College of Veterinary Medicine and Institute of Veterinary Science, Kangwon National University)
Oh, Yeon-su (College of Veterinary Medicine and Institute of Veterinary Science, Kangwon National University)
Kang, Byung-Jae (College of Veterinary Medicine and Institute of Veterinary Science, Kangwon National University)
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Journal of Veterinary Clinics / v.34, no.2, 2017 , pp. 115-118 More about this Journal
Abstract
A Korean goral (immature, female) was presented with paraplegia following motor vehicle trauma. The patient was diagnosed with an L5-6 vertebral fracture-luxation based on digital radiographs. Surgical reduction and stabilization of the fracture-luxation were performed via a dorsal approach to the lumbar spine. It was confirmed in surgery that the patient had L5-7 spinous process fractures, L6 bilateral articular process fractures, and an L5-6 luxation. Free fragments were removed and the luxation was reduced. During reduction, caudodorsal dislocation of the L5 caudal vertebral end plate was discovered and the displaced end plate was removed. The L5-6 vertebral luxation was stabilized using pins and bone cement. However, the presence of an intact spinal cord was not confirmed. Two weeks postoperatively the patient became dyspneic and arrested. A necropsy was performed, which revealed that the surgical stabilization was intact. Pulmonary edema was identified and the immediate cause of death was determined to be systemic inflammatory response syndrome.
Keywords
Vertebra; Fracture; Luxation; Goral; Nemorhaedus caudatus;
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