Influence of intervertebral disc fenestration at the herniation site in association with hemilaminectomy on recurrence in chondrodystrophic dogs with thoracolumbar disc disease: A prospective MRI study

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 399-405

  Forterre, Franck ^a   Konar, Martin ^a   Spreng, David ^a   Jaggy, Andre ^a   Lang, Johann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHONDRODYSPLASIA; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OSTEOCHONDRODYSPLASIAS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 44949204577     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2008.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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