Veterinary Medicine: Spinal Cord Injuries/diagnosis

Surgical removal of a microchip from a puppy’s spinal canal

Summary A 1.6 kg, six-week-old Tibetan Terrier was admitted with a 12-hours history of acute onset of progressive tetraparesis following insertion of a microchip to the dorsal cervical region. Neurological examination indi- cated a lesion to the Ce1 to Ce5 spinal cord segments. Radiographic examination confirmed the intra-spinal location of a microchip foreign body at […]