ACUTE SPINAL CORD INJURIES - WHEN NEUROSURGERY IS NOT THE ANSWER

Acute spinal cord diseases are common in veterinary clinics. The presentation of the clinical signs can be hyperacute (<6 hours) or acute (7-24 hours) but not all require surgery. It is important to understand the different causes and therefore identify situations where it is not necessary to go into the operating room. This talk will focus on the most common causes of spinal cord acute disease where the treatment is not based in neurosurgery. We will focus on recognizing the clinical signs consistent with an acute disease of the spinal cord and also in the clinical signs that may indicate the possibility that the underlying cause does not require surgical treatment.

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