Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Early return of back disc herniation after surgery in three dogs
By Stigen, Øyvind et al.·Published in Acta veterinaria Scandinavica·2010·Department of Companion Animal Clinical Sciences·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Early recurrence of thoracolumbar intervertebral disc extrusion after surgical decompression: a report of three cases.
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Plain-English summary
Three dogs with back problems caused by slipped discs were treated with surgery to relieve pressure on their spinal cords. After the surgery, they initially showed some improvement, but within a week or two, their symptoms returned, indicating that the disc had slipped out again in the same spot. A follow-up surgery revealed that a lot of disc material was still present in the area where the first surgery was performed. This suggests that while surgery can help, there may be a risk of the problem coming back soon after treatment.
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Abstract
Thoracolumbar disc extrusions were diagnosed in three chondrodystrophic dogs with paraparesis of up to three days duration. All cases were managed by hemilaminectomy and removal of extruded disc material. In one dog, fenestration of the herniated disc space was also performed. Initially neurological function improved or was unchanged, but from two to ten days postoperatively clinical signs of deterioration became apparent. In all the dogs, recurrence of disc extrusion at the same location as the initial extrusion was diagnosed by computer tomography and at a second surgery abundant disc material was found at the hemilaminectomy site between the dura and an implanted graft of autogenous fat.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20137085/