Avaliação do reflexo tibial cranial em cadelas, antes e após bloqueio epidural

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Ano de defesa: 2022
Autor(a) principal: MILFONT, Caroline Isabelle de Souza lattes
Orientador(a): TUDURY, Eduardo Alberto
Banca de defesa: FERNANDES, Thaiza Helena Tavares, FIGUEIREDO, Marcella Luiz de, TENÓRIO, Ana Paula Monteiro
Tipo de documento: Tese
Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
Idioma: por
Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Veterinária
Departamento: Departamento de Medicina Veterinária
País: Brasil
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Link de acesso: http://www.tede2.ufrpe.br:8080/tede2/handle/tede2/8873
Resumo: The evaluation of spinal reflexes is essential to identify the existence of lower or upper motor neuron lesions and their location in the nervous system. It was verified in cats that the so-called cranial tibial reflex is a pseudo-reflex, with a purely muscular response. The objective of this work was to test the cranial tibial reflex in bitches, before and after epidural block, to determine if it depends on a myotatic reflex arc. We used 40 knees of 20 healthy dogs, aged up to 5 years and without distinction of breed, submitted to epidural anesthesia for elective ovariohysterectomy. An evaluation and comparison of the responses of the patellar reflexes, flexor of the hind limbs, perineal, nociception and of the cranial tibial reflex was carried out before and after the epidural block was performed, using a scoring scale that showed when it was absent, decreased, normal. or increased. While the other reflexes and nociception disappeared after the block, the tibial cranial reflex was maintained, as it is not a true reflex-arc-dependent myotatic reflex. It was concluded after carrying out the tests that the so-called cranial tibial reflex, described in dogs, is a muscular response and not a true reflex, as already mentioned in cats.