Long-term functional outcome of dogs with severe injuries of the thoracolumbar spinal cord: 87 Cases (1996-2001)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 222, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 762-769

  Olby, Natasha ^a   Levine, Jay ^a   Harris, Tonya ^a   Muñana, Karen ^a   Skeen, Todd ^a,b   Sharp, Nick ^a,c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Anim Critical Care Grp Vancouver ^*  (United States)

^c Animal Critical Care Group of Vancouver   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; INJURY SCALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD; SPINE INJURY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PAIN; PARAPLEGIA; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0347926454     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.222.762     Document Type: Article

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