Functional outcome in dogs after surgical treatment of caudal lumbar intervertebral disk herniation

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 323-331

  Dhupa, Sarit ^a   Glickman, Nita W ^b   Waters, David J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; RECORDS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033159661     PISSN: 05872871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/15473317-35-4-323     Document Type: Article

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