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Year 2013 - Volume 33, Number 6
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Topography of the conus medullari in tayra (Eira barbara) and their relevance in epidural anesthesia, 33(6):813-816
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ABSTRACT.- Branco E.B., Lins F.L.M.L., Pereira L.C. & Lima A.R. 2013. [Topography of the conus medullari in tayra (Eira barbara) and their relevance in epidural anesthesia.] Topografia do cone medular da irara (Eira barbara) e sua relevância em anestesias epidurais. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 33(6):813-816. Laboratório de Pesquisa Morfológica Animal, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, Campus de Belém PA 66077-530, Brazil. E-mail: ebranco.ufra@gmail.com
Mainly found in South America, tayra is a carnivore belonging to the Mustelidae family, of which is little information regarding its morphology in general. The study aimed to characterize the topography of the medullar cone in order to subsidize epidural anesthetic interventions, since the clinics of wild animals is growing each day. We studied three adult male tayras from the Bauxite Mine area of Paragominas, donated to the Research Laboratory of Animal Morphology, Federal Rural University of Amazonia, Belém. They were x-rayed and dissected at the lumbosacral level to expose the medullar cone, which was found between L4-L6 with an average length of 4.31cm. This led us to suggest the sacrococcygeal region as ideal site for practice of epidural anesthesia in this species. |
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