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Association of magnetic resonance assessed disc degeneration and late clinical recurrence in dogs treated surgically for thoracolumbar intervertebral disc extrusions (2020)
Journal Article
Longo, S., Gomes, S. A., Briola, C., Duffy, K., Targett, M., Jeffery, N. D., & Freeman, P. (2021). Association of magnetic resonance assessed disc degeneration and late clinical recurrence in dogs treated surgically for thoracolumbar intervertebral disc extrusions. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 35(1), 378-387. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.15989

Background: Radiographic signs of intervertebral disc mineralization are thought to indicate sites of future recurrence of disc extrusion (Hansen type I) but the relationship between evidence of disc degeneration on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) a... Read More about Association of magnetic resonance assessed disc degeneration and late clinical recurrence in dogs treated surgically for thoracolumbar intervertebral disc extrusions.

Cytosine arabinoside constant rate infusion without subsequent subcutaneous injections for the treatment of dogs with meningoencephalomyelitis of unknown origin (2020)
Journal Article
Stee, K., Broeckx, B. J. G., Targett, M., Gomes, S. A., & Lowrie, M. (2020). Cytosine arabinoside constant rate infusion without subsequent subcutaneous injections for the treatment of dogs with meningoencephalomyelitis of unknown origin. Veterinary Record, 187(11), e98-e98. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.106019

Background
The administration of cytosine arabinoside (CA) by continuous rate infusion (CRI) at the time of diagnosis has been shown to improve the 3-month survival of dogs diagnosed with meningoencephalomyelitis of unknown origin (MUO), compared to... Read More about Cytosine arabinoside constant rate infusion without subsequent subcutaneous injections for the treatment of dogs with meningoencephalomyelitis of unknown origin.

Traumatic rib head subluxation through the intervertebral foramen causing spinal cord contusive injury in a cat (2020)
Journal Article
Lisiewicz, N., Green, M., Targett, M., & Lowrie, M. (2020). Traumatic rib head subluxation through the intervertebral foramen causing spinal cord contusive injury in a cat. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports, 6(1), Article PMC7285950. https://doi.org/10.1177/2055116920929260

Case summary: A 4-year-old cat involved in a road traffic accident presented with paraparesis, which was worse on the right-hand side. Neurolocalisation was to the T3–L3 spinal cord segments. Survey radiographs showed rib fractures but no definitive... Read More about Traumatic rib head subluxation through the intervertebral foramen causing spinal cord contusive injury in a cat.

Single dose epidural methylprednisolone as a treatment and predictor of outcome following subsequent decompressive surgery in degenerative lumbosacral stenosis with foraminal stenosis (2020)
Journal Article
Gomes, S. A., Lowrie, M., & Targett, M. (2020). Single dose epidural methylprednisolone as a treatment and predictor of outcome following subsequent decompressive surgery in degenerative lumbosacral stenosis with foraminal stenosis. Veterinary Journal, 257, Article 105451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2020.105451

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd Alternative treatments to surgery in canine degenerative lumbosacral stenosis (DLSS) remain limited and reliable predictors of outcome are lacking. The aims of this clinical trial were threefold: to assess the usefulness of single... Read More about Single dose epidural methylprednisolone as a treatment and predictor of outcome following subsequent decompressive surgery in degenerative lumbosacral stenosis with foraminal stenosis.