Ventral slot in the clinical recovery of dogs with lateralized compression as a result of cervical intervertebral disc disease - 20 cases (2008-2018)

portuguesO objetivo desse estudo foi verificar a recuperacao clinica de caes submetidos a descompressao cirurgica por fenda ventral em compressoes lateralizadas da medula espinhal cervical ocasionada pela doenca do disco intervertebral (DDIV). Foram selecionados 20 pacientes em diferentes graus de disfuncao neurologica com diagnostico definitivo de compressoes lateralizadas por DDIV cervical. A recuperacao clinica pos-operatoria foi avaliada nos pacientes decorridos, no minimo, dois meses do procedimento cirurgico. Houve recuperacao satisfatoria em 19 caes (95%) e um insatisfatorio (5%), demonstrando melhora clinica significativa (p EnglishThe objective of this study was to verify the clinical recovery of dogs that underwent ventral slot surgical decompression with lateralized compressions of the cervical spinal cord caused by intervertebral disc disease (IVDD). Twenty patients were selected in different degrees of neurological dysfunction with definitive diagnosis of lateralized compression by cervical IVDD. Postoperative clinical recovery was assessed in patients who had undergone at least two months of the surgical procedure. There was a satisfactory recovery in 19 dogs (95%) and unsatisfactory recovery in another (5%), showing a significant clinical improvement (p