Midline myelotomy of the clinically normal canine spinal cord

Teague, H.D.; Brasmer, T.H.

American Journal of Veterinary Research 39(10): 1584-1590

1978


ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9645
PMID: 717871
Document Number: 135932
Clinically normal dogs underwent dorsal laminectomy, durotomy, and full-thickness midline myelotomy between either the 1st and 2nd lumbar vertebrae or the 3rd and 4th lumbar vertebrae. The myelotomy was 1 1/2 vertebral bodies long and was performed with a microbalance spatula. Neurological and histopathological changes were recorded. Full-thickness midline myelotomy done by this technique was found to cause severe necrosis of spinal gray matter.

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