Thoracolumbar lateral corpectomy for treatment of chronic disk herniation: Technique description and use in 15 dogs

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 620-628

  Moissonnier, Pierre ^a   Meheust, Pierre ^b   Carozzo, Claude ^b  

^a ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chronic disk disease; Disk herniation; Dog; Spinal cord decompression; Thoracolumbar lateral corpectomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FRANCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13744262404     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2004.04085.x     Document Type: Article

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