10
views
0
recommends
+1 Recommend
0 collections
    0
    shares
      • Record: found
      • Abstract: found
      • Article: not found

      The role of extruded disk material in thoracolumbar intervertebral disk disease: a retrospective study in 40 dogs.

      Read this article at

      ScienceOpenPMC
      Bookmark
          There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.

          Abstract

          The objective of the study was to determine the effect of the dispersed or nondispersed form of the extruded disk material (EDM) on the neurological status and surgical outcomes in Hansen thoracolumbar intervertebral disk disease Type I (IVDD-I). Medical records of 40 dogs with IVDD-I were reviewed, including neurologic status on admission, findings on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), intraoperative findings, and surgical outcomes. In MRI evaluations, EDM was on the right in 16, on the left in 18, and centrally in 6 cases; in all cases, findings were confirmed by surgery. Extruded disk material was localized and classified as dispersed disk (DD) or nondispersed disk (NDD) according to its dispersion in the epidural space on MRI. Twenty-five dogs had DD and 15 had NDD on both MRI and surgery. There was no significant difference between DD and NDD in preoperative neurological status and surgical outcomes (P > 0.05).

          Related collections

          Author and article information

          Journal
          Can. Vet. J.
          The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne
          0008-5286
          0008-5286
          Sep 2005
          : 46
          : 9
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Department of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ankara University, Dlskapl, Ankara, 06110 Turkey. besalti@hotmail.com
          Article
          1187791
          16231651
          d51986df-cbf2-4965-8ab3-fd692962f708
          History

          Comments

          Comment on this article