Dr. Lera Clone presents Cosmo, a 2-3 year old dog with spinal cord compression from a herniated disc. Surgery before loss of deep pain sensation has an 85-90% recovery rate; after, it drops to 50%. Deep pain is tested by pinching bone to check for a pain response.
About 2 to 3 years old.
85–90% chance of complete and successful recovery.
About 50% chance of recovery.
Good morning, guys. This is Cosmo. And Cozmo is a young little puppy about 2 or 3 years old who ended up having some back issues. If you notice when Cosmo stands up, his back legs don't flip back to the normal position, which is this position here. And so usually what that indicates is there's some sort of problem in the spinal cord or something like that. And so what ends up happening is a lot of times it's common that a disc will slip and put pressure on the spinal cord and he'll need surgery. If you happen to do surgery before they lose what's called deep pain, which means when we pinch the bone, it hurts, they have an 85 to 90% chance of complete and successful recovery. If you do it afterwards, it drops to about 50%. So if you guys can do it, it's definitely something that I would recommend, something to keep in mind. You guys have any questions or concerns or have want to go more in depth, let me know.
