Surgical decompression in dogs with thoracolumbar intervertebral disc disease and loss of deep pain perception: A retrospective study of 46 cases

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 79-85

  Laitinen, Outi M ^a,b   Puerto, David A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Center for Animal Referral and Emergency Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep pain; Dog; Intervertebral disc disease; Surgery, spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANIMALS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 23944476649     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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