spinal surgery (plant removal)
spinal abscess due to a migrating plant
Duration : 0:5:28
August 02 2009 11:06 pm | anesthesia for spine surgery under sedation
spinal abscess due to a migrating plant
Duration : 0:5:28
August 02 2009 11:06 pm | anesthesia for spine surgery under sedation
August 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
for sure
for sure
August 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
I think I about …
I think I about hurled my cookies when you started the rotary buffer tool on the vertebrae…
August 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Did he eat these …
Did he eat these objects? Where were they extracted from? (which organs?)
August 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
…odd…
…odd…
August 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
LOL!
LOL!
August 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Gross…
Gross…
August 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
then be one.
then be one.
August 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
intresting
poor …
intresting
poor dog tho
August 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
ur soo lucky i want …
ur soo lucky i want to b a vet
August 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Thanks, but not my …
Thanks, but not my dog. I was the surgeon. I was worried that it would not have a happy ending, but I am glad that things worked out. Dogs are very resilient and make fabulous patients. They also make their surgeons look good!
August 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
wow!!! that is good …
wow!!! that is good to hear!!! Have fun with your dog! God bless!
August 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Actually, it took a …
Actually, it took a month, but the dog has recovered full use of the legs and has continued to do well since the operation. Hopefully, this was the last of the plant material and she will not have any re-occurrences. That is generally the key with a foreign body: you remove it and the problem is solved. So, we were lucky that everything turned out well.
August 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
it’s just so sad …
it’s just so sad that the dog can’t walk again.. i can’t bare watching my own dog poorly lying in a corner…:(
August 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
That’s incredible – …
That’s incredible — the vet just pulled a pine needle or something out of the dog’s spine!!
August 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
We have not yet …
We have not yet definitively identified the source of the material, but it was from some plant. Other material taken from the dog in the past was thought to be from a tree which had needle leaves and this might be the same stuff.
August 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
what is a ‘plant’?
what is a ‘plant’?
August 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
In the end, a …
In the end, a granuloma on the spinal cord that contained the piece of plant was pulled out and incised to remove the plant. A piece of the granuloma was also removed to make sure that was what it was. The dog is not walking again although there was one episode of pain a few weeks ago. We hope that this is the last of the plant material, but there might still be more.
August 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Well…the …
Well…the procedure is called a hemilaminectomy to expose the spinal cord. In this case, a durotomy was done (opening of the membrane covering the spinal cord) to see the actual spinal cord. Then, a myelotomy (incision into the spinal cord) was performed to drain an abscess which comes out as yellow liquid.
August 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
uhh what are they …
uhh what are they doing to her/his spine
August 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Great to hear that …
Great to hear that =]
August 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
I am a wienerdoc2 …
~Amy
I am a wienerdoc2 fan so, I just wanted to say “Awesome!”. Thanks for the post. Now I can share it with family and friends
August 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
This was an unusual …
This was an unusual case of a dog with a migrating plant that ultimately ended up in the spinal cord (contained in a granuloma) 4 years after it caused a lung abscess. It had continued to migrate until it lodged in the spinal cord. Clinical signs developed when an abscess began to form and dissect the spinal cord. Although there is a lot of recovery yet, the dog is doing very well after surgery and we hope for a good recovery.
August 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Plant? sorry to …
Plant? sorry to sound dumb here, but what does that mean for backs?