Incidence of Spinal Compressive Lesions in Chondrodystrophic Dogs with Abnormal Recovery after Hemilaminectomy for Treatment of Thoracolumbar Disc Disease: A Prospective Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

To investigate causes of the lack of clinical improvement after thoracolumbar disc surgery.Case-control magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study.Chondrodystrophic dogs with acute thoracolumbar disc disease treated by hemilaminectomy: 10 that had no short-term clinical improvement and 12 with "normal" clinical improvement.Dogs that had surgery for treatment of intervertebral disc extrusion (2003-2008) where thoracolumbar disc disease was confirmed...