Re-opening the window on fenestration as a treatment for acute thoracolumbar intervertebral disc herniation in dogs. Academic Article

abstract

• Acute thoracolumbar intervertebral disc herniation in dogs is a common cause of "back" pain, pelvic limb paresis or paralysis and incontinence. Treatment of this condition has long been a source of controversy, especially since the introduction of surgical interventions in the 1950s. Unfortunately, formal clinical trials to compare efficacy of conservative and surgical interventions have never been carried out and the current lack of clinical equipoise on this subject now precludes such a trial on ethical grounds. In this article we re-examine and discuss earlier published data on recovery associated with the various therapies, focusing on evidence suggesting that decompressive surgery and fenestration may be equally efficacious.

authors

• Jeffery, Nicholas

published proceedings

• J Small Anim Pract

altmetric score

• 0.5

author list (cited authors)

• Freeman, P., & Jeffery, N. D.

citation count

• 14

complete list of authors

• Freeman, P||Jeffery, ND

publication date

• April 2017

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Small Animal Practice  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Conservative Treatment
• Decompression, Surgical
• Dog Diseases
• Dogs
• Intervertebral Disc Displacement

PubMed Central ID

• 28276121

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/jsap.12653

start page

• 199

end page

• 204

volume

• 58

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jsap.12653