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The medical records of these ten client-owned dogs with SAD diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were reviewed. All patients had chronic and progressive deficits. At presentation, common neurological signs were proprioceptive ataxia, ambulatory spastic paraparesis or tetraparesis, and faecal incontinence. Dorsal thoracolumbar laminectomy was performed in eight dogs; one dog underwent cervical dorsolateral laminectomy, and one patient had thoracic hemilaminectomy. Laminectomies were followed by durotomy, allowing the dissection of the pia-arachnoid adhesions. A rectangular patch of a non-synthetic dura substitute was applied as an onlay graft over the durotomy site before routine closure. Proprioceptive ataxia, paraparesis, and tetraparesis improved in all patients. Faecal incontinence in one patient resolved postoperatively. Laminectomy, durotomy, and the application of a non-synthetic dura substitute was a safe procedure facilitating postoperative improvement over a long-term follow-up period (from 9 to 40 months).<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/vetsci11030128","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,14]],"date-time":"2024-03-14T05:43:08Z","timestamp":1710394988000},"page":"128","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Surgical Outcomes of Laminectomy, Durotomy and a Non-Synthetic Dura Substitute Application in Ten Dogs with a Spinal Subarachnoid Diverticulum"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Micha\u0142","family":"M\u00f3l","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Paragon Veterinary Referrals, Part of Linnaeus, Paragon Business Village Paragon Way, Red Hall Cres, Wakefield WF1 2DF, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2876-9837","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ricardo","family":"Fernandes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Paragon Veterinary Referrals, Part of Linnaeus, Paragon Business Village Paragon Way, Red Hall Cres, Wakefield WF1 2DF, UK"},{"name":"Blaise Referrals, 1601 Bristol Road South, Longbridge, Birmingham B45 9UA, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Simon","family":"Wheeler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Paragon Veterinary Referrals, Part of Linnaeus, Paragon Business Village Paragon Way, Red Hall Cres, Wakefield WF1 2DF, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Massimo","family":"Mariscoli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Paragon Veterinary Referrals, Part of Linnaeus, Paragon Business Village Paragon Way, Red Hall Cres, Wakefield WF1 2DF, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"1664","article-title":"Spinal cord compression resulting from a leptomeningeal cyst in the dog","volume":"152","author":"Gage","year":"1968","journal-title":"J. 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