Treatment of 10 dogs with discospondylitis by fluoroscopy-guided percutaneous discectomy

Veterinary Record

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 78-81

  Kinzel, S ^a   Koch, J ^a   Buecker, A ^a   Krombach, G ^a   Stopinski, T ^a   Afify, M ^a   Kupper, W ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; ENROFLOXACIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPONDYLITIS; URINALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 13544254613     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.156.3.78     Document Type: Article

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