Results of Treatment of Degenerative Lumbosacral Stenosis in Dogs by Exploration and Excision

J. N. Chambers; Barbara A. Selcer; J. E. Oliver Jr.

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1633178

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Table of Contents

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 1988; 01(03/04): 130-133
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1633178

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Results of Treatment of Degenerative Lumbosacral Stenosis in Dogs by Exploration and Excision

J. N. Chambers

^*From the Departments of Small Animal Medicine and Anatomy and Radiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

,

Barbara A. Selcer

,

J. E. Oliver Jr.

^*From the Departments of Small Animal Medicine and Anatomy and Radiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

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Abstract

Twenty-six dogs with degenerative stenosis of the lumbosacral spinal canal were treated by excision of the encroaching tissues. The most common singular lesion was type II disc herniation.

All of the dogs responded favourably to the surgery, but the dogs with only pain and lameness before surgery generally did better than those with incontinence.

Laminectomy and excision of the encroaching degenerated tissues is an effective and relatively uncomplicated method of treating lumbosacral stenosis in dogs.

Key words

Lumbosacral stenosis - Lumbosacral disc herniation

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