{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,2]],"date-time":"2025-11-02T16:53:32Z","timestamp":1762102412309},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Georg Thieme Verlag KG","issue":"01","funder":[{"name":"European College of Veterinary Surgeons"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2020,1]]},"abstract":"<jats:p>\n            Objective\u2003Surgical fusion of vertebral segments is a treatment option for horses with cervical stenotic myelopathy or cervical fracture.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Degenerative disease affecting adjacent vertebral segments is a reported complication following surgical vertebral fusion in other species, termed adjacent segment disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of cervical vertebral fusion on the biomechanics of adjacent vertebral segments in the horse.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n            Study Design\u2003Neck specimens of 12 horses were assessed using computed tomographic imaging. Range of motion (ROM) was determined by measuring the maximum sagittal flexion, extension and lateral bending between C2 and C5. C3\/4 was subsequently fused using a standard locking compression plate and locking head screws and computed tomographic scans and ROM measurements were repeated.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n            Results\u2003Prior to intervertebral fusion, a significant increase in ROM along the vertebral segments from cranial to caudal was observed. Range of motion measurements of C3\/4 decreased significantly after fusion (p\u2009=\u20090.01).<\/jats:p><jats:p>Range of motion of the adjacent segments (C2\/3 and C4\/5) did not change significantly after fusion.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n            Conclusion\u2003Fusion of one cervical intervertebral joint did not affect the ROM of the adjacent vertebral segments. Further research investigating the implications of vertebral fusion on the intervertebral pressure in the equine patient is indicated.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0039-1693665","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,6]],"date-time":"2019-08-06T18:45:12Z","timestamp":1565117112000},"page":"001-008","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Computed Tomographic Evaluation of Adjacent Segment Motion after Ex Vivo Fusion of Equine Third and Fourth Cervical Vertebrae"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"33","author":[{"given":"Nicole","family":"Schulze","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Equine Clinic, Surgery and Radiology, Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin, Berlin, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Anna","family":"Ehrle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Equine Clinic, Surgery and Radiology, Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin, Berlin, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Renate","family":"Weller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Sciences and Services, Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Guido","family":"Fritsch","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research in the Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V., Berlin, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jennifer","family":"Gernhardt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Equine Clinic, Surgery and Radiology, Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin, Berlin, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Recem","family":"Ben Romdhane","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Veterinary Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin, Berlin, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Christoph","family":"Lischer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Equine Clinic, Surgery and Radiology, Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin, Berlin, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"194","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,6]]},"container-title":["Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/www.thieme-connect.de\/products\/ejournals\/pdf\/10.1055\/s-0039-1693665.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,19]],"date-time":"2020-02-19T19:34:02Z","timestamp":1582140842000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/www.thieme-connect.de\/DOI\/DOI?10.1055\/s-0039-1693665"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,6]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"01","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,1,21]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2020,1]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1055\/s-0039-1693665","relation":{},"ISSN":["0932-0814","2567-6911"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0932-0814","type":"print"},{"value":"2567-6911","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,6]]}}}