Treatment of discospondylitis in the dog.
A combination of spinal cord decompression, spinal column immobilization, and systemic antibiotic therapy was used to treat discospondylitis in 30 dogs. Recovery was complete in 7 of 9 dogs with cervical involvement and in all 21 dogs with thoracolumbar involvement.
D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001174:Arthrodesis / Q000662:veterinary; D001860:Bone Plates; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D004285:Dogs; D007403:Intervertebral Disc; D007796:Laminectomy; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D011859:Radiography; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents