Risk factors for recurrence of clinical signs associated with thoracolumbar intervertebral disk herniation in dogs: 229 Cases (1994-2000)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 225, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1231-1236

  Mayhew, Philipp D ^a   McLear, Robert C ^a   Ziemer, Lisa S ^a   Culp, William T N ^a   Russell, Kelli N ^a   Shofer, Frances S ^a   Kapatkin, Amy S ^a   Smith, Gail K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREED; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DOG; FENESTRATION; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LAMINECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; PROPHYLAXIS; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 5444260744     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.225.1231     Document Type: Article

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