Kelly Wilkes

GradDipVN RVN Nurse Manager at Brentknoll Veterinary Centre, Worcester. The article was written while the author was Surgery Nurse, Southern Counties Veterinary Specialists, Ringwood Hampshire, UK

Figure 1. Thoracolumbar radiograph to localise marker pre surgery.

A patient care report of a dog that had hemilaminectomy surgery to decompress the spinal cord

Neurological examination revealed paraparesis with very weak lower motor neuron function demonstrated by delayed proprioception in the hindlimbs. The patient was deep pain (DP) positive and spinal...