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The role of extruded disk material in thoracolumbar intervertebral disk disease: a retrospective study in 40 dogs
Omer Besalti1, Ahmet Ozak, Zeynep Pekcan
1Department of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ankara University, Dlskapl, Ankara, 06110 Turkey. besalti@hotmail.com
Abstract:
The objective of the study was to determine the effect of the dispersed or nondispersed form of the extruded disk material (EDM) on the neurological status and surgical outcomes in Hansen thoracolumbar intervertebral disk disease Type I (IVDD-I). Medical records of 40 dogs with IVDD-I were reviewed, including neurologic status on admission, findings on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), intraoperative findings, and surgical outcomes. In MRI evaluations, EDM was on the right in 16, on the left in 18, and centrally in 6 cases; in all cases, findings were confirmed by surgery. Extruded disk material was localized and classified as dispersed disk (DD) or nondispersed disk (NDD) according to its dispersion in the epidural space on MRI. Twenty-five dogs had DD and 15 had NDD on both MRI and surgery. There was no significant difference between DD and NDD in preoperative neurological status and surgical outcomes (P > 0.05).
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