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Table 1 Neurological status of the dogs at the different follow-up periods after TLPLC for the treatment of chronic ventral IVDD

From: Thoracolumbar partial lateral corpectomy for the treatment of chronic intervertebral disc disease in 107 dogs

 

24 h

Discharge (median 3 days)

Medium-term follow-up (at least 6 months postoperatively, median 12 months)

Improved

14/107 (13.1 %)

24/101 (23.8 %)

52/70 (74.3 %)

Stable

60/107 (56.1 %)

69/101 (68.3 %)

16/70 (22.9 %)

Worsened

33/107 (30.8 %)

8/101 (7.9 %)

2/70 (2.8 %)

Ability to walk

56/107 (52.3 %)

83/101 (82.2 %)

64/70 (91.4 %)