Predictors of outcome after dorsal decompressive laminectomy for degenerative lumbosacral stenosis in dogs: 69 cases (1987-1997)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 219, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 624-628

  De Risio, Luisa ^a   Sharp, Nicholas J H ^b   Olby, Natasha J ^b   Muñana, Karen R ^b   Thomas, William B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BACK; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ANIMALS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0035462838     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2001.219.624     Document Type: Article

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