TY - JOUR A2 - Pires, Isabel AU - Klatzkow, Sarah AU - Johnson, Matthew D. AU - James, Michele AU - Carrera-Justiz, Sheila PY - 2018 DA - 2018/09/10 TI - Ventral Stabilization of a T2-T3 Vertebral Luxation via Median Sternotomy in a Dog SP - 9152394 VL - 2018 AB - An 8-year-old neutered male miniature Poodle presented for evaluation of a suspected T3-L3 lesion with cervical component following vehicular trauma. Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography revealed a T2-T3 luxation with right displacement of T3. A T2 caudal endplate fracture was present as well as multifocal noncompressive bulges of cervical intervertebral discs. Conservative management failed and ventral stabilization of C7-T4 was performed via a median sternotomy. Paired String-of-Pearls plates were placed on the ventral aspect of vertebrae. Eight weeks postoperatively, the dog was ambulatory with moderate pelvic limb paraparesis. A luxation of T2-T3 is uncommon in small animals and surgical stabilization is poorly described in literature. This case report demonstrates the use of a ventral approach to cranial thoracic vertebral stabilization with a successful outcome. SN - 2090-7001 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/9152394 DO - 10.1155/2018/9152394 JF - Case Reports in Veterinary Medicine PB - Hindawi KW - ER -