Residual herniated disc material following hemilaminectomy in chondrodystrophic dogs with thoracolumbar intervertebral disc disease

W. J. Roach; M. Thomas; J. M. Weh; J. Bleedorn; K. Wells

doi:10.3415/VCOT-11-05-0075

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Table of Contents

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 2012; 25(02): 109-115
DOI: 10.3415/VCOT-11-05-0075

Original Research

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Residual herniated disc material following hemilaminectomy in chondrodystrophic dogs with thoracolumbar intervertebral disc disease

Authors

W. J. Roach

¹Nashville Veterinary Specialists, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
M. Thomas

²Mississippi State University, Department of Radiology, Starkville, Mississippi, USA
J. M. Weh

³University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine, Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, Athens, Georgia, USA
J. Bleedorn

⁴University of Wisconsin, School of Veterinary Medicine, Small Animal Surgery, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
K. Wells

⁵Dallas Veterinary Surgical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA

Abstract

Summary

Objective: To evaluate the presence of residual disc material within the vertebral canal following hemilaminectomy in chondrodystrophic dogs with thoracolumbar intervertebral disc disease.

Methods: Forty dogs were treated by hemilaminectomy. Computed tomography was performed preoperatively and immediately postoperatively. The vertebral canal height, width, area, and herniated disc material area were measured. Maximum filling percentage (MFP), residual disc percentage (RDP), maximum residual filling percentage (MRFP), and residual filling percentage (RFP) were calculated. Clinical outcome was determined by telephone interviews.

Results: Residual disc material was present in 100% of the dogs. Mean MFP = 55.4% (range 25.9–82.3%; median 56.9%). Mean RDP = 50.3% (range 2.6–155.8%; median 47.9%). Mean MRFP = 30.8% (range 4.9–60%; median 30.1%). Mean RFP = 19.8% (range 4.8–45%; median 19.0%). All dogs were ambulatory with voluntary urination at the long-term follow-up (range: 88–735 days).

Clinical significance: Residual disc was present in all dogs following hemilaminectomy for intervertebral disc disease. Residual disc was not associated with failure to achieve functional recovery in these cases.

Keywords

Residual disc - intervertebral disc disease - hemilaminectomy - computed tomography

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