Partial percutaneous discectomy for treatment of thoracolumbar disc protrusion: Retrospective study of 331 dogs

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 479-484

  Kinzel, S ^a   Wolff, M ^a   Buecker, A ^a   Krombach, G A ^a   Stopinski, T ^a   Afify, M ^a   Weiss, C ^a   Kupper, W ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MYELOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 27144559219     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2005.tb00276.x     Document Type: Article

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