Characterization of risk factors for early ambulation in paraplegic dogs with absent pain perception undergoing decompressive surgery for thoracolumbar intervertebral disk extrusions
Early recovery of ambulation alone (60.6%) and ambulation alongside pain perception (53.5%) occurred in the majority of surgically managed TL-IVDE-affected dogs with APP. Negative prognostic factors for recovery of ambulation were durotomy performed alongside hemilaminectomy, and dogs presenting with spinal shock with reduced/absent withdrawal reflexes, the latter translating to a reduced/absent withdrawal reflexes with a lesion higher than L3-L4 intervertebral disk. Finally, no indications of a worse prognosis for recovery of ambulation or a higher rate of development of myelomalacia in FBs when compared to Dachshunds were found.
Authors
- Jorge Ribeiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9021-3437)
- Ângela Martins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2521-2582)
- Bruna Lopes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8168-2415)
- André Coelho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6934-9935)
- Artur S.P. Varejão (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-3635)
- Rui Alvites (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1945-6377)
- Ana Lúcia Luís (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2328-7174)
- Sérgio A. Gomes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9452-7262)
- Débora Gouveia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5641-9412)
- Mike Targett
- Ana Colette Maurício (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0018-9363)
Institutions
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (PT)
- Universidade do Porto (PT)
- Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário (PT)
- Array Information Technology (United States) (US)
- Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada em Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde
- Universidade Lusófona (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Veterinary Science
- Published
- 2024-12-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2024.1487105
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.91
Funders
- Universidade do Porto
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia