Intervertebral Disk Degeneration in Dogs: Consequences, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Future Directions
Abstract
Evidence of intervertebral disk degeneration (IVDD) is extremely common in dogs, and its prevalence increases with age. It has many important consequences because degeneration of the intervertebral disks often is a prelude to disk herniation, which can injure the spinal cord, spinal nerves, or both. This review summarizes the advances in diagnosis and treatment of IVDD that have been made since the 1950s when the first detailed description of the degenerative changes was published. It also discusses new approaches to treatment of the associated spinal cord injury and new methods by which to classify injury severity that are currently under development.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Sep 06, 2013
- Source ID
- 10.1111/jvim.12183
Entities
People
- J.m. Levine
- N.d. Jeffery
- N.j. Olby
- V.m. Stein
Organizations
- Dana Foundation
- German Research Foundation
- Iowa State University
- National Institutes of Health
- North Carolina State University
- United States Department of Defense
- University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover