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CES is a neurologic condition caused by compression of the nerve roots at the lumbosacral junction. Learn about the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of CES in dogs.
Lumbosacral disease is a condition caused by the narrowing of the spinal canal and results in compression of the spinal nerve roots (cauda equina). The term cauda equina is Latin for "horse's tail."
3 Μαΐ 2013 · Spinal canal narrowing at that joint is referred to as lumbosacral stenosis, and the condition resulting from these compressed spinal nerve roots is called cauda equina syndrome or lumbosacral compression syndrome.
Canine degenerative lumbosacral stenosis (DLSS) is a syndrome of low back pain with or without neurologic dysfunction associated with compression of the cauda equina. Most commonly occurring in medium- to large-breed dogs of middle to older age, German shepherd and working dogs are predisposed.
Pathogenesis. Normally, LSDS promotes an acquired narrowing of the vertebral canal and/or intervertebral foraminae resulting in compressive radiculopathy of the cauda equina. The LS joint of large-breed dogs is prone to degenerative change.
Degenerative lumbosacral stenosis (DLSS) is the most common cause of compression of the cauda equina and seventh lumbar (L7) nerve roots in dogs. DLSS is characterised by lumbosacral (LS) intervertebral disc (IVD) protrusion, subluxation or inflammation of the facet joints with associated thickening of the joint capsule and hypertrophy of the ...
The cauda equina syndrome (CES), also reported as cauda equina compression or degenerative lumbosacral stenosis (DLS) in the literature, is a neurological disorder that usually occurs in older, large or medium-sized working dogs with a male predisposition (Linn et al 2003; Worth et al. 2009).