Ventral Slot Surgery to Treat IVDD

VA CASE: ventral slot spinal surgery on a 20kg dog ventral slot dog The ventral slot promotes satisfactory clinical recovery of dogs with lateralized compression of the spinal cord caused by cervical IVDD and may be indicated as ventral slot dog A ventral slot is a partial corpectomy of two adjacent vertebral bodies and part of the corresponding intervertebral disc to gain access to the

ventral slot The surgical approach to the affected disc is most difficult in the cervical region The `classic` ventral slot has been the method of choice to treat dogs