Advances in Small Animal Medicine & Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 7 , Pages 1-2 , July 2007

Lumbosacral transitional vertebrae and development of cauda equina syndrome

  • Brian A. Poteet, MS, DVM, DACVR, DABSNM (Director, Gulf Coast Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging)

References 

  1. Morgan JP . Transitional lumbosacral vertebral anomaly in the dog: A radiographic study . J Small Animal Pract . 1999;40:167–172
  2. Damur-Djuric N , Steffen F , Hassig M , et al.   Lumbosacral transitional vertebrae in dogs: Classification, prevalence, and association with sacroiliac morphology . Vet Radiol Ultrasound . 2006;47:32–38
  3. Fluckiger MA , Damur-Djuric N , Hassig M , et al.   A lumbosacral transitional vertebrae in the dog predisposes to cauda equina syndrome . Vet Radiol Ultrasound . 2006;47:39–44

PII: S1041-7826(07)00093-X

doi: 10.1016/j.asams.2007.06.011

Advances in Small Animal Medicine & Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 7 , Pages 1-2 , July 2007

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