Results of this study demonstrate that dogs who don't respond to medical management are recommended to proceed with
surgical decompression.
Dogs that can move their legs or even stand assisted and have not been affected for a long time period usually recover well from
surgical decompression.
Although
surgical decompression is rarely needed, destruction of the vertebrae can cause vertebral instability with secondary compression; in this case, decompressive surgery and stabilization may be indicated.2
Many of these patients do well with
surgical decompression of the spinal cord.
Symptoms can be managed by artificial tears for dryness, prednisone for double vision, radiation therapy to reduce swelling and double vision, or
surgical decompression.
Not exact matches
A Yahoo story makes it sound like a horror movie, and MASN makes it sound like an advanced
surgical procedure: «Nationals third baseman Anthony Rendon got
decompression treatment for the subungual hematoma he suffered to his left big toe.»
Foramen magnum
decompression and syringo - subarachnoid shunt application are the two
surgical procedures described to reorganize normal cerebrospinal fluid flow and drain syrinx from its cavity.