Effect of a ventral slot procedure and of smooth or positive-profile threaded pins with polymethylmethacrylate fixation on intervertebral biomechanics at treated and adjacent canine cervical vertebral motion units

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 678-687

  Koehler, Carl L ^a   Stover, Susan M ^a   LeCouteur, Richard A ^a   Schulz, Kurt S ^a   Hawkins, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SPINE SURGERY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE CEMENTS; BONE NAILS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL DISEASES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 17544373628     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.678     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Bruecker KA, Seim HB, Blass CE. Caudal cervical spondylomyelopathy: decompression by linear traction and stabilization with Steinmann pins and polymethyl methacrylate. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 1989;25:677-683.
2. Bruecker KA, Seim HB III, Withrow SJ. Clinical evaluation of three surgical methods for treatment of caudal cervical spondylomyelopathy of dogs. Vet Surg 1989;18:197-203.
3. Seim HB, Withrow SJ. Pathophysiology and diagnosis of caudal cervical spondylo-myelopathy with emphasis on the Doberman Pinscher. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 1982;18:241-251.
4. VanGundy T. Canine wobbler syndrome. Part 1. Pathophysiology and diagnosis. Compend Contin Educ Pract Vet 1989;11:144-157.
5. Dixon BC, Tomlinson JL, Kraus KH. Modified distraction-stabilization technique using an interbody polymethyl methacrylate plug in dogs with caudal cervical spondylomyelopathy. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1996;208:61-68.
6. Goring RL, Beale BS, Faulkner RF. The inverted cone decompression technique: a surgical treatment for cervical vertebral instability "Wobbler syndrome" in Doberman Pinschers. Part 1. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 1991;27:403-409.
7. Rusbridge C, Wheeler SJ, Torrington AM, et al. Comparison of two surgical techniques for the management of cervical spondylomyelopathy in dobermanns. J Small Anim Pract 1998; 39:425-431.
8. Hurov LI. Treatment of cervical vertebral instability in the dog. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1979;175:278-285.
9. Lincoln JD, Pettit GD. Evaluation of fenestration for treatment of degenerative disc disease in the caudal cervical region of large dogs. Vet Surg 1985;14:240-246.
10. Mason TA. Cervical vertebral instability (wobbler syndrome) in the dog. Vet Rec 1979;104:142-145.
11. McKee WM, Sharp NJH. Cervical spondylopathy. In: Slatter D, ed. Textbook of small animal surgery. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders Co, 2003;1180-1188.
12. Seim HB. Wobbler syndrome. In: Fossum TW ed. Small animal surgery. 2nd ed. St Louis: Mosby Inc, 2002;1237-1249.
13. Chambers JN, Betts CW. Caudal cervical spondylopathy in the dog: a review of 20 clinical cases and the literature. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 1977;13:571-576.
14. Gage ED, Hall CL. Surgical repair of caudal cervical subluxation in a dog. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1972;160:424-426.
15. Read RA, Robins GM, Carlisle CH. Caudal cervical spondylo-myelopathy (wobbler syndrome) in the dog: a review of thirty cases. J Small Anim Pract 1983;24:605-621.
16. Mason TA. Cervical vertebral instability (wobbler syndrome) in the Doberman. Aust Vet J 1977;53:440-445.
17. Olsson SE, Stavenborn M, Hoppe F. Dynamic compression of the cervical spinal cord. Acta Vet Scand 1982;23:65-78.
18. Jeffery ND, McKee WM. Surgery for disc-associated wobbler syndrome in the dog - an examination of the controversy. J Small Anim Pract 2001;42:574-581.
19. VanGundy T. Canine wobbler syndrome. Part II. Treatment. Compend Contin Educ Pract Vet 1989;11:269-284.
20. VanGundy TE. Disc-associated wobbler syndrome in the Doberman pinscher. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract 1988;18:667-696.
21. Fitch RB, Kerwin SC, Hosgood G. Caudal cervical intervertebral disk disease in the small dog: role of distraction and stabilization in ventral slot decompression. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 2000; 36:68-74.
22. Walter MC, Smith GK, Newton CD. Canine lumbar spinal internal fixation techniques. A comparative biomechanical study. Vet Surg 1986;15:191-198.
23. Bennett RA, Egger EL, Histand M, et al. Comparison of the strength and holding power of 4 pin designs for use with half pin (type I) external skeletal fixation. Vet Surg 1987;16:207-211.
24. Degernes LA, Roe SC, Abrams CF Jr. Holding power of different pin designs and pin insertion methods in avian cortical bone. Vet Surg 1998;27:301-306.
25. Anderson MA, Mann FA, Wagner-Mann C, et al. A comparison of nonthreaded, enhanced threaded, and Ellis fixation pins used in type I external skeletal fixators in dogs. Vet Surg 1993;22:482-489.
26. Anderson MA, Mann FA, Kinden DA, et al. Evaluation of cortical bone damage and axial holding power of nonthreaded and enhanced threaded pins placed with and without drilling of a pilot hole in femurs from canine cadavers. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1996;208:883-887.
27. Sturges BK, LeCouteur RA. Vertebral fractures and luxations. In: Slatter D, ed. Textbook of small animal surgery. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders Co, 2002;1244-1260.
28. Garcia JN, Milthorpe BK, Russell D, et al. Biomechanical study of canine spinal fracture fixation using pins or bone screws with polymethylmethacrylate. Vet Surg 1994;23:322-329.
29. Taylor TK, Ghosh P, Braund KG, et al. The effect of spinal fusion on intervertebral disc composition: an experimental study. J Surg Res 1976;21:91-104.
30. Cole TC, Ghosh P, Hannan NJ, et al. The response of the canine intervertebral disc to immobilization produced by spinal arthrodesis is dependent on constitutional factors. J Orthop Res 1987;5:337-347.
31. Panjabi MM. The stabilizing system of the spine. Part II. Neutral zone and instability hypothesis. J Spinal Disord 1992;5:390-396, discussion 397.
32. Panjabi MM. Clinical spinal instability and low back pain. J Electromyogr Kinesiol 2003;13:371-379.
33. Panjabi M, Abumi K, Duranceau J, et al. Spinal stability and intersegmental muscle forces. A biomechanical model. Spine 1989;14:194-200.
34. White AA, Panjabi MM. Kinematics of the spine. In: White AA, Panjabi MM, eds. Clinical biomechanics of the spine. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: JB Lippincott Co, 1990;85-125.
35. Lemarie RJ, Kerwin SC, Partington BP, et al. Vertebral subluxation following ventral cervical decompression in the dog. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 2000;36:348-358.
36. Macy NB, Les CM, Stover SM, et al. Effect of disk fenestration on sagittal kinematics of the canine C5-C6 intervertebral space. Vet Surg 1999;28:171-179.
37. Panjabi MM. The stabilizing system of the spine. Part I. Function, dysfunction, adaptation, and enhancement. J Spinal Disord 1992;5:383-389, discussion 397.
38. Ariga K, Yonenobu K, Nakase T, et al. Mechanical stress-induced apoptosis of endplate chondrocytes in organ-cultured mouse intervertebral discs: an ex vivo study. Spine 2003;28:1528-1533.
39. Unglaub F, Lorenz H, Nerlich A, et al. Stimulation of degenerative changes in the intervertebral disc through load in an animal model [in German]. Z Orthop Ihre Grenzgeb 2003;141:412-417.
40. Yu CY, Tsai KH, Hu WP et al. Geometric and morphological changes of the intervertebral disc under fatigue testing. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon) 2003;18:S3-S9.
41. Dai L. Disc degeneration and cervical instability [in Chinese]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 1999;37:180-182.
42. Dai L. Disc degeneration and cervical instability. Correlation of magnetic resonance imaging with radiography. Spine 1998;23:1734-1738.
43. Morgan JP, Miyabayashi T, Choy S. Cervical spine motion: radiographic study. Am J Vet Res 1986;47:2165-2169.
44. Jurina K, Grevel V. Cervical disk protrusion in dogs. Part 2. Operation and follow-up examination. Tierarztl Prax Ausg K Kleintiere Heimtiere 2002;30:192-201.
45. Ellison GW, Seim HB III, Clemmons RM. Distracted cervical spinal fusion for management of caudal cervical spondylomyelopathy in large-breed dogs. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1988;193:447-453.
46. Corse MR, Renberg WC, Friis EA. In vitro evaluation of biomechanical effects of multiple hemilaminectomies on the canine lumbar vertebral column. Am J Vet Res 2003;64:1139-1145.
47. Panjabi MM, White AA. Physical properties and functional biomechanics of the spine. In: White AA, Panjabi M, eds. Clinical biomechanics of the spine. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: JB Lippincott Co, 1990;1-83.