Dorsal laminectomy for caudal cervical spondylomyelopathy: Postoperative recovery and long-term follow-up in 20 dogs

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 418-427

  De Risio, Luisa ^a   Muñana, Karen ^b   Murray, Michelle ^b   Olby, Natasha ^b   Sharp, Nicholas J H ^b   Cuddon, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COLORADO; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORTH CAROLINA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECORDS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036715660     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jvet.2002.34673     Document Type: Article

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