Associations Between Anesthetic Variables and Functional Outcome in Dogs With Thoracolumbar Intervertebral Disk Extrusion Undergoing Decompressive Hemilaminectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Outcome of acute experimental spinal cord injury is strongly associated with tissue perfusion and oxygenation. Cardiopulmonary depression could affect outcome in dogs undergoing general anesthesia for surgical treatment of thoracolumbar intervertebral disk extrusion (IVDE).

Hypothesis/objectives

To evaluate the effects of general anesthesia on functional outcome in dogs undergoing surgery to treat thoracolumbar IVDE.

Animals

Eighty-four client-owned dogs with acute thoracolumbar IVDE treated by decompressive hemilaminectomy.

Methods

Exploratory, retrospective observational study. Medical records were reviewed for clinical presentation and anesthetic monitoring variables, including duration of anesthesia and surgery, hypotension, bradycardia, temperat

SUBMITTER: Fenn J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5435081 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature