SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION BY HEMILAMINECTOMY SURGERY IN T12-T13 DISC HERNIATION AND RECOVERY PROCESS IN 6-YEAR-OLD PARAPLEGIC DOG- CASE STUDY

Spinal cord compression syndrome with paraple-gia due to spinal disc herniation is a common problem in dogs. The T12-T13 intervertebral disc herniation with paraplegia is often recorded in the small and agile dog breeds. Spontaneous intervertebral disc hernia-tion includes congenital defects of some dog breeds due to a weakening of the column in this body region -between T10-L3 -and due to these dogs' lifestyles like jumping on different surfaces and walking on stairs. The imaging confirmation of a herniated disc such as computed tomography or MRI before surgery is essential. In this case, we had confirmation of the di-agnosis of T12-T13 herniated disc by the result of the computer tomography. The T12-T13 hemilaminecto-my is performed on a single side of the vertebral co-lumn to modify the regional anatomy and stability as less as possible with very good results and fast reco-very.