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Prognostic Application of Cortical Evoked Responses in Dogs with Spinal Cord Injury
Author(s) -
Bright R.M.,
Breazile J.E.,
Bojrab M.J.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
veterinary surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1532-950X
pISSN - 0161-3499
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-950x.1977.tb00562.x
Subject(s) - medicine , paraplegia , spinal cord , spinal cord injury , anesthesia , psychiatry
SUMMARY Twenty‐six dogs were used in a study to determine the correlation between cortical evoked responses (CER) testing and the reversibility of paraplegia in dogs experiencing spinal cord trauma. Twenty‐four dogs were client owned and presented to the University of Missouri Veterinary Teaching Hospital over a period of approximately one year. Two dogs were used as controls. Testing was done with minimal risk to the patient. Results indicate that CER testing may be valuable as an aid in the long term evaluation of whether a paraplegic patient will ever regain the ability to walk normally again.