A modified lateral approach to the canine cervical spine: Procedural description and clinical application in 16 dogs with lateralized compressive myelopathy or radiculopathy

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 436-444

  Rossmeisl Jr , John H ^a   Lanz, Otto I ^a   Inzana, Karen D ^a   Bergman, Robert L ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Carolina Veterinary Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

Caudal cervical spondylomyelopathy; Dog; Intervertebral disc disease; Lateral cervical spine surgical approach; Neurologic score; Spinal neoplasm; Vascular anomaly

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADICULOPATHY; RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 28344454795     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2005.00066.x     Document Type: Review

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