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SUBMITTER: Olby NJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7725764 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Olby Natasha J NJ da Costa Ronaldo C RC Levine Jon M JM Stein Veronika M VM
Frontiers in veterinary science 20201126
Knowledge of the prognosis of acute spinal cord injury is critical to provide appropriate information for clients and make the best treatment choices. Acute intervertebral disc extrusions (IVDE) are a common cause of pain and paralysis in dogs with several types of IVDE occurring. Important prognostic considerations are recovery of ambulation, return of urinary and fecal continence, resolution of pain and, on the negative side, development of progressive myelomalacia. Initial injury severity aff ...[more]