Jeffery N D, Levine J M, Olby N J, Stein V M
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
J Vet Intern Med. 2013 Nov-Dec;27(6):1318-33. doi: 10.1111/jvim.12183. Epub 2013 Sep 6.
Evidence of intervertebral disk degeneration (IVDD) is extremely common in dogs, and its prevalence increases with age. It has many important consequences because degeneration of the intervertebral disks often is a prelude to disk herniation, which can injure the spinal cord, spinal nerves, or both. This review summarizes the advances in diagnosis and treatment of IVDD that have been made since the 1950s when the first detailed description of the degenerative changes was published. It also discusses new approaches to treatment of the associated spinal cord injury and new methods by which to classify injury severity that are currently under development.
椎间盘退变（IVDD）在犬类中极为常见，且其患病率随年龄增长而增加。它会引发许多重要后果，因为椎间盘退变往往是椎间盘突出的前奏，而椎间盘突出可能会损伤脊髓、脊神经或两者皆伤。本综述总结了自20世纪50年代首次发表关于退变变化的详细描述以来，IVDD在诊断和治疗方面取得的进展。它还讨论了目前正在研发的针对相关脊髓损伤的新治疗方法以及损伤严重程度分类的新方法。
