Hemilaminectomy for the treatment of canine thoracolumbar discopathy: Retrospective study and case report

Abstract

The Intervertebral Disk Disease (DDIV) thoracolumbar is a relatively common neurological frequently it is described in breeds of chondrodystrophic dogs, whose main clinical alterations the paraparesis, paraplegia, hyperesthesia, vesical repletion, urinary incontinence and loss of the perceptive capacity of deep pain prevail. The treatment of the disease is a subject of great debate among the literatures, once countless clinical and surgical approaches are described. The prognostic of the illness is usually related to the degree of neurological lesion presented by the patient, associate to the therapeutic conduct adopted for each picture. The present report has as objective describes a case of the DDIV thoracolumbar of the type Hansen I in a dog of the breed Lhasa Apso 11 years old. The disease came in a sharp way, being approached initially by the conservative treatment, however, after worsening of the patient's neurological picture, the same was submitted to complementally exams and directed for surgery descompressiva of the spinal channel by the hemilaminectomy technique. The chosen surgical conduct demonstrated success before the presented clinical picture, providing like this the patient's fast recovery and guaranteeing a better life quality later to the same.