Factors Associated with Recovery of Paraplegic Dogs Following Disk Herniation

Thoracolumbar spinal cord injury in dogs is often caused by intervertebral disc herniation (IVDH) and is particularly common in chondrodystrophic dogs because of accelerated intervertebral disk degeneration relative to that in other breeds. The resultant injury to the spinal cord almost always involves both an impact injury, conventionally referred to as contusion, and a persistent deformation, referred to as compression. Contusive injury to the spinal cord has been extensively evaluated in laboratory experiments and leads to a chain of events causing tissue destruction, the extent of which depends on the severity of the primary event.
Source: Advances in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery - Category: Veterinary Research Tags: Neurology Source Type: research