ArticleThe Journal of small animal practice2022
Surgical techniques used in the management of intra-arachnoid diverticula in dogs across four referral centres and their immediate outcome.
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- A Standardized Magnification-Assisted Microsurgical Approach for Canine Spinal Arachnoid Diverticulum: Retrospective Short-Term Outcomes in 11 Dogs.Veterinary sciences · 2026Article
- Spinal arachnoid diverticula and constrictive myelopathy in dogs: different conditions or a spectrum of spinal meningeal disease in veterinary and human medicine?Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Review
- Case Report: Spinal proliferative meningitis with arachnoid diverticulum formation in a dog.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Spinal Arachnoid Cysts: A Single-Center Preliminary Surgical Experience with a Rare and Challenging Disease.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Article
- Case Report: Long-term surgical outcomes in pug dogs with articular facet dysplasia-associated thoracolumbar myelopathies.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Surgical Outcomes of Laminectomy, Durotomy and a Non-Synthetic Dura Substitute Application in Ten Dogs with a Spinal Subarachnoid Diverticulum.Veterinary sciences · 2024Article
- Prevalence, clinical presentation, and etiology of myelopathies in 224 juvenile dogs.Journal of veterinary internal medicineArticle
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectivesTo report the surgical techniques being used to treat single focal spinal intra-arachnoid diverticula in dogs, their complications and immediate postoperative outcomes. MATERIALS AND
methodsRetrospective multi-centre case series across four referral centres.
resultsFifty-seven dogs were included in the study. The most common type of surgery was durectomy (28 dogs) followed by marsupialisation (11 dogs), durotomy alone (seven dogs), shunt placement (six dogs) and stabilisation (five dogs). A higher proportion of intra-arachnoid shunt dogs became unable to walk in the immediate postoperative period (24 hours postsurgery) (4/6, 66%) compared to all dogs five of 57, 9% (2/7 durotomy alone, 3/28 durectomy alone). Of the nine dogs with immediate postoperative deterioration, seven had improved, walking without assistance, by 3 to 5 weeks postoperatively. CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE: This study does not identify an influence of surgical technique on short-term outcome. Dogs with a thoracolumbar intra-arachnoid diverticulum that undergo a shunt placement are likely to deteriorate neurologically in the immediate 24-hour postoperative period but appear to improve by 3 to 5 weeks after surgery. Further work is required to evaluate whether one surgical technique is superior for preventing or reducing long-term relapse.
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