Intervertebral disc disease in dogs

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 829-858

  Brisson, Brigitte A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disc; Disk; Fenestration; Herniation; Intervertebral; Neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; IOHEXOL; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ACUPUNCTURE; BREED DIFFERENCE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CERVICAL SPINE; CHONDRODYSPLASIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOG; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LAMINECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ANIMALS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 77955916240     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2010.06.001     Document Type: Review

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