Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
How extruded disk material affects back surgery outcomes in 40 dogs
By Besalti, Omer et al.·Published in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne·2005·Department of Surgery·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: The role of extruded disk material in thoracolumbar intervertebral disk disease: a retrospective study in 40 dogs.
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Plain-English summary
A group of 40 dogs with back problems caused by intervertebral disk disease (IVDD) underwent surgery to remove extruded disk material that was pressing on their spinal cords. The dogs were evaluated using MRI to see if the disk material was dispersed or not, but the type of material did not affect their neurological status before surgery or their recovery afterward. All dogs had successful surgeries, and their outcomes were similar regardless of the type of disk material found.
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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).
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16231651/