Korean J Vet Res.  2016 Jun;56(2):113-116. 10.14405/kjvr.2016.56.2.113.

Surgical treatment of spinal cord compression in client owned dogs with different grades of neurological dysfunction

• Kuricova M
• Ledecky V
• Liptak T

• KMID: 2368753
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.14405/kjvr.2016.56.2.113

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.

Keyword

canine neurological diseases; decompression surgery; modified Griffith's score

MeSH Terms

Animals
Dogs*
Population Characteristics
Recurrence
Retrospective Studies
Spinal Cord Compression*
Spinal Cord*