| Partial lateral corpectomy of the thoracolumbar spine in 51 dogs: assessment of slot morphometry and spinal cord decompression. | |
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PMID: 21077918 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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OBJECTIVE: To report slot morphometry, degree of spinal decompression, and factors influencing decompression after partial lateral corpectomy (PLC) of the thoracolumbar spine in dogs with intervertebral disc disease. STUDY DESIGN: Case series. Animals: Dogs (n=51) with predominantly ventrally located spinal cord compression. Methods: PLC (n=60) were performed. Spinal cord compression was determined by computed tomographic (CT) myelography (n=46), myelography (n=2) or magnetic resonance imaging (n=3). Postsurgical CT images were used to evaluate slot dimensions and orientation, and spinal cord decompression. The influence of age, body weight, breed, breed type (chondrodystrophic, nonchondrodystrophic), disc location, lateralization and mineralization, presurgical compression, slot morphometry, and surgeon on degree of decompression were evaluated. RESULTS: Mean slot depth was 64.1% of vertebral body width; mean height, 43.0% of vertebral body height; mean cranial extension, 29.5%; median caudal extension, 22.0% vertebral body length; mean angulation from horizontal, 6.3°. Decompression was satisfactory in 90% of sites after PLC (58% complete, 32% good). None of the analyzed factors significantly influenced decompression. All lumbar spine PLC resulted in complete or good decompression compared with 83% after thoracic PLC (P=.052). Deeper slots tended to allow more complete decompression (P=.058). CONCLUSIONS: Thoracolumbar PLC results in satisfactory decompression in most cases with a better outcome in the lumbar spine than the thoracic spine. Achieving a slot depth equal to 2/3 of vertebral body width might facilitate complete decompression. |
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Thomas Flegel; Irene Christine Boettcher; Eberhard Ludewig; Ingmar Kiefer; Gerhard Oechtering; Peter Böttcher |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-11-15 |
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Title: Veterinary surgery : VS : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons Volume: 40 ISSN: 1532-950X ISO Abbreviation: Vet Surg Publication Date: 2011 Jan |
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Created Date: 2011-01-04 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8113214 Medline TA: Vet Surg Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 14-21 Citation Subset: IM |
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© Copyright 2010 by The American College of Veterinary Surgeons. |
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Department of Small Animal Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. |
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