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Intervertebral disc disease in the dog 2. Management options
Author(s) -
McKee Malcolm
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inpract.22.8.458
Subject(s) - medicine , intervertebral disc , degenerative disc disease , lumbosacral joint , disease , pathophysiology , spinal cord , differential diagnosis , disc herniation , surgery , pathology , lumbar , psychiatry
THE first part of this two‐part article on degenerative disc disease in the dog covered intervertebral disc and spinal cord pathophysiology, historical and clinical features, differential diagnosis and diagnostic aids ( In Practice , July/August 2000, pp 355‐369). This article discusses the management options, both non‐surgical and surgical, for cervical, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral disc disease.