Magnetic resonance imaging features of dogs with incomplete recovery after acute, severe spinal cord injury.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Retrospective case series.

Objectives

Describe the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of dogs chronically impaired after severe spinal cord injury (SCI) and investigate associations between imaging variables and residual motor function.

Setting

United States of America.

Methods

Thoracolumbar MRI from dogs with incomplete recovery months to years after clinically complete (paralysis with loss of pain perception) thoracolumbar SCI were reviewed. Lesion features were described and quantified. Gait was quantified using an ordinal, open field scale (OFS). Associations between imaging features and gait scores, duration of injury (DOI), or SCI treatment were determined.

Results

Thirty-five dogs were included. Median OFS was 2 (0-6), median D

SUBMITTER: Lewis MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5809200 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature