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Prognostic Application of Cortical Evoked Responses in Dogs with Spinal Cord Injury |
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| Authors: | R.M. Bright D.V.M. M.S. J.E. Breazile D.V.M. Ph.D. M.J. Bojrab D.V.M. Ph.D. |
| Affiliation: | Department of Small Animal Clinics,;School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana and the Departments of Anatomy and Physiology (Breazile);Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, University of Missouri, School of Veterinary Medicine, Columbia, Missouri. |
| Abstract: | Twenty-six dogs were used in a study to determine the correlation between cortical evoked responses (CER) testing and the reversibility of paraplegia in dogs experiencing spinal cord trauma. Twenty-four dogs were client owned and presented to the University of Missouri Veterinary Teaching Hospital over a period of approximately one year. Two dogs were used as controls. Testing was done with minimal risk to the patient. Results indicate that CER testing may be valuable as an aid in the long term evaluation of whether a paraplegic patient will ever regain the ability to walk normally again. |
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