The role of extruded disk material in thoracolumbar intervertebral disk disease: A retrospective study in 40 dogs

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 814-820

  Besalti, Omer ^a   Ozak, Ahmet ^a   Pekcan, Zeynep ^a   Tong, Sait ^a   Eminaga, Salih ^a   Tacal, Tugra ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOKSINA; AMOXICILLIN; CARPROFEN; CEFTIZOXIME; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RANITAB; RANITIDINE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ANIMALS; DISKECTOMY; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 27744477771     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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