Results of oral prednisolone administration or ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement in dogs with congenital hydrocephalus: 40 cases (2005-2016)
| Autor: | Zoe Gilbert, Steven De Decker, Sabrina Gillespie |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Shunt placement
medicine.medical_specialty Prednisolone Population Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Congenital hydrocephalus symbols.namesake Dogs medicine Animals Clinical significance Dog Diseases education Fisher's exact test Retrospective Studies education.field_of_study General Veterinary business.industry Medical record Retrospective cohort study Surgery Treatment Outcome symbols business medicine.drug Hydrocephalus |
| Zdroj: | JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION |
| ISSN: | 1943-569X |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE To evaluate signalment, clinical findings, and outcomes of dogs with congenital hydrocephalus treated medically with orally administered prednisolone or surgically by ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement. DESIGN Retrospective case series. ANIMALS 40 client-owned dogs. PROCEDURES Medical records from 2005 to 2016 were searched to identify dogs with congenital hydrocephalus confirmed by MRI examination. Patients were categorized by treatment (medical vs surgical). Signalment, clinical signs, neurologic examination findings, results of diagnostic tests, duration of hospitalization, complications potentially related to treatment, and follow-up information were recorded. Outcome was categorized on the basis of clinical (neurologic) signs as improved, stabilized, or deteriorated. Variables of interest were compared between groups by Fisher exact or Mann-Whitney U tests. RESULTS 28 and 12 dogs had surgical and medical treatment, respectively; 3 medically treated dogs subsequently underwent ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement. No significant differences were noted in clinical or imaging findings between surgically and medically treated dogs. Median follow-up time was 9 months and 15.5 months for medically and surgically treated dogs, respectively. Of 12 medically treated dogs, 6 improved and 6 deteriorated. Of 26 surgically treated dogs with data available, 14 (54%) improved, 1 (4%) stabilized, and 11 (42%) deteriorated; 4 (15%) had known postoperative complications. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Approximately half of the dogs treated with prednisolone in this population had neurologic improvement at last follow-up; results of surgical treatment were comparable to those in previous studies. Further research is needed to assess factors associated with acceptable outcomes for dogs with congenital hydrocephalus. |
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