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  • Title: Aggressive pharmacologic and surgical treatment of spinal cord injuries in dogs and cats.
    Author: Mendenhall HV, Litwak P, Yturraspe DJ, Ingram JT, Lumb WV.
    Journal: J Am Vet Med Assoc; 1976 Jun 01; 168(11):1026-31. PubMed ID: 931770.
    Abstract:
    Aggressive pharmacologic and surgical treatment of spinal cord injuries in 22 dogs and 3 cats resulted in a recovery rate of 44% of all 25 animals. Excluding 5 animals that were euthanatized at surgery because of visualized cord transection and 5 that died during surgery because of secondary lesions, the recovery rate was 73%. This is compared with a recovery rate of 39% (7/18) for animals treated with more conservative methods at the same institution during an earlier period. Of the 7 animals without spinal cord transection and treated within 4 hours of injury, all recovered, pointing to the merits of early surgical intervention.
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