Dorsal laminectomy to relieve spinal cord compression in a captive syrian bear (Ursus arctos syriacus)

Ariela Rosenzweig Büeler; Yael Merbl; Yishai Kushnir; Orit Chai; Itzhak Aizenberg; Igal Horowitz; Einat Matalon; Doron Tam; Merav H. Shamir

doi:10.1638/2015-0265.1

Dorsal laminectomy to relieve spinal cord compression in a captive syrian bear (Ursus arctos syriacus)

Ariela Rosenzweig Büeler, Yael Merbl, Yishai Kushnir, Orit Chai, Itzhak Aizenberg, Igal Horowitz, Einat Matalon, Doron Tam, Merav H. Shamir^*

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The Koret School of Veterinary Medicine

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A 19-yr-old captive male Syrian bear (Ursus arctos syriacus) presented with a right hind limb lameness that progressed to nonambulatory paraparesis over the course of 2 wk. When night enclosure confinement and a short course of glucocorticoids and antibiotics did not lead to improvement, radiographs were performed, followed by cerebrospinal fluid analysis and myelography, revealing a dynamic spinal cord compression at the level of T2-T3. Dorsal laminectomy of both T2 and T3 was performed to allow decompression. The bear recovered uneventfully with first sign of neurological improvement apparent at 10 days postoperatively. Following 6 mo of rehabilitation the bear was walking and using his hind limbs normally.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1105-1108
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Volume	47
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1638/2015-0265.1
State	Published - 1 Dec 2016

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Keywords

Dorsal laminectomy
Physiotherapy
Spinal cord compression
Syrian bear
Ursus arctos syriacus

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Dorsal laminectomy to relieve spinal cord compression in a captive syrian bear (Ursus arctos syriacus)

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