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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
卷 222, 期 12, 页码 1733-1739出版社
AMER VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.222.1733
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Objective-To determine outcome of and complications associated with prophylactic percutaneous laser disk ablation in dogs with thoracolumbar disk disease. Design-Retrospective study. Animals-277 dogs. Procedure-Medical records of dogs with a history of thoracolumbar disk disease in which the 7 intervertebral disks from T10-11 through L3-4 were ablated with a holmium-yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser inserted through percutaneously placed needles were reviewed. Complications and episodes of a recurrence of neurologic signs leg, paresis or paralysis) were recorded. Owners were contacted by telephone for follow-up information. Results-Nine of 262 (3.4%) dogs for which follow-up information was available had a recurrence of paresis or paralysis. Follow-up time ranged from 1 to 85 months (mean, 15 months); signs recurred between 3 and 52 months (mean, 15.1 months) after laser disk ablation. Acute. complications occurred in 5 dogs and included mild pneumothorax in 1 dog, an abscess at a needle insertion site in 1 dog, and proprioceptive deficits in 3 dogs, 1 of which required hemilaminectomy within 1 week because of progression and severity of neurologic signs. One dog developed diskospondylitis. Conclusions and Clinical Relevance-Results suggest that prophylactic percutaneous laser disk ablation is associated with few complications and may reduce the risk of recurrence of signs of intervertebral disk disease in dogs.
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