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Intervertebral Disc Disease   1431



            Intervertebral Disc Disease
  VetBooks.ir                                                  Intervertebral disc disease






                                    Spinal pain, neurologic deficits               Spinal pain without
                                                                                   neurologic deficits
                                                                  Recurrent
                                                                  attacks or
                                      Myelography, CT, MRI:      no recovery        Medical therapies
                                      compressive disc lesion


                                                                                      Recovery
                                         Thoracolumbar
                             Cervical     dorsolateral   If paralysis  Plus
                            ventral slot  hemilaminectomy
                                                         >48 hours   durotomy

                                    Postoperative                      Intact
                                     rehabilitation                  spinal cord  Myelomalacia

                                                                        Cart support  Euthanasia



                           CT, Computed tomography; K9, canine; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.

           EDITED BY: Leah A. Cohn, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
           ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY: Joseph Harari, DVM, MS, DACVS




















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