Hemilaminectomy for Herniated Discs at the Cervicothoracic Junction in a Beagle Dog

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A 7-year-old, female Beagle dog presented with a primary complaint of severe neck pain and paretic gait. A lesion was suspected between C6 and T2 on the basis of neurological examinations. Magnetic resonance imagingof the cervicothoracic spine revealed herniation of disc material from the C7-T1 intervertebral space resulting in markedspinal cord compression. Hemilaminectomy was performed to treat the intervertebral disc disease at C7-T1. Treatmentwas effective and the clinical condition of the dog was remarkably improved. This result suggests that hemilaminectomyis an effective option for surgical treatment of intervertebral disc disease at the cervicothoracic junction in dogs.

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