Surgical treatment of spinal cord compression in client owned dogs with different grades of neurological dysfunction.
10.14405/kjvr.2016.56.2.113
- Author:
Maria KURICOVA
1
;
Valent LEDECKY
;
Tomas LIPTAK
Author Information
1. University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Surgery, Orthopedics, Radiology, and Reproduction, Small Animal Clinic, 041 01 Kosice, Slovakia. kuricovamuvm@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Brief Communication
- Keywords:
canine neurological diseases;
decompression surgery;
modified Griffith's score
- MeSH:
Animals;
Dogs*;
Population Characteristics;
Recurrence;
Retrospective Studies;
Spinal Cord Compression*;
Spinal Cord*
- From:Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
2016;56(2):113-116
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Our retrospective study reports the clinical findings and population characteristics of 81 surgically treated dogs for spinal cord compression. We compared the outcome of dogs with different grades of neurological dysfunction due to spinal cord compression and focused on the long-term outcome of surgical treatment, for which there are only a few recent records. We recorded a 13.6% recurrence, regardless of the degree of dysfunction. However, the degree of dysfunction negatively affected the recovery length.
