Reevaluation of predictive factors for complete recovery in dogs with nonambulatory tetraparesis secondary to cervical disk herniation

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 155-163

  Hillman, Robert B ^a   Kengeri, Seema S ^b   Waters, David J ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Gerald P Murphy Cancer Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CERVICAL SPINE; CONVALESCENCE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EARLY AMBULATION; FEMALE; HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349264013     PISSN: 15473317     EISSN: 15473317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/0450155     Document Type: Article

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