1PG scholar, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar-751 003 (Orissa)
2Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar-751 003 (Orissa)
3Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar-751 003 (Orissa)
4Professor & Head, Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar-751 003 (Orissa)
5Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Physiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar-751 003 (Orissa)
6Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar-751 003 (Orissa)
7Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar-751 003 (Orissa)
Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar-751 003 (Orissa)
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Online Published on 14 September, 2022.
Traumatic thoracolumbar vertebral fracture and luxations in eight cats with Grade 3 or Grade 4 neurologic deficits were stabilized by spinal stapling using K-wire and orthopaedic wire. Surgical technique was easy for application under fluoroscopic guidance. Postoperatively vertebral stability was adequate and no complications related to the surgical technique were recorded. Neurological recovery and functional outcome were satisfactory in 3 cats, recovery with some disability in 4 cats but one cat died due to progressive deterioration of the condition. Overall, the spinal stapling technique was found feasible for vertebral stabilization, which provided adequate stabilization in thoracolumbar vertebral fractures and luxations in cats.
Cats, Spinal stapling, Thoracolumbar vertebrae, Vertebral fracture, Vertebral luxation
