Intervertebral Disk Degeneration in Dogs: Consequences, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Future Directions
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine2013Vol. 27(6), pp. 1318–1333
Citations Over TimeTop 10% of 2013 papers
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.
Related Papers
- → Rab7 delays intervertebral disc degeneration through the inhibition of the p38MAPK pathway(2019)9 cited
- → The Role of Cell Clusters in Intervertebral Disc Degeneration and its Relevance behind Repair(2017)11 cited
- → Current information regarding the biochemical and genetic events that occur during disc degeneration(2003)4 cited
- Biomechanics Study of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration(2007)
- Study of blood-spinal cord barrier disruption after spinal cord injury in rats(2001)