Fracture of L7 vertebral articular facets and pedicles following dorsal laminectomy in a dog

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 221, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 807-810

  Moens, Noël M M ^a,b   Runyon, Caroline L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; DOG; DOG DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; INJURY; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE FRACTURE;

ANIMALS; CAUDA EQUINA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0040620609     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2002.221.807     Document Type: Article

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