Cambridge IVDD Research Group

*IMPORTANT UPDATE*
Our study into conservative management of IVDD has now closed to new participants. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the wonderful charities whose funding made this possible (The Kennel Club Charitable Trust, PetSavers, Debs Foundation, Dachshund Health UK and Dachshund Rescue UK), the fabulous team at the Queen's Veterinary School Hospital, and, of course, all the fantastic pets and owners who have participated over the last two and a half years. We look forward to sharing the results with you in the near future and also hope to announce some new studies in 2023.

Another piece of the puzzle! Our latest publication highlights the potential role of the contusive injury in intervertebral disc extrusions.

HASTE MRI sequence findings correlate with loss of deep pain perception in dogs with thoracolumbar disc extrusion Dogs who were non-ambulatory due to suspected thoracolumbar intervertebral disc extrusion underwent MRI studies including half-Fourier acquisition single-shot turbo spin echo sequences. The ratio of ...

Here is a link to our latest open access paper on the spontaneous resolution of a severely compressive disc extrusion.

Spontaneous resolution of severe disc‐associated spinal cord compression in a dog Click on the article title to read more.

It was great to share our ongoing research into IVDD at the recent ESVN - ECVN Symposium. Viviana presented her work on the role of disc calcification in IVDD and Sam presented his research into medical management of intervertebral disc extrusions which won best scientific abstract.

Excited to share our recent open access publication in Journal of Small Animal Practice

Bayesian clinical reasoning in the first opinion approach to a dog with suspected thoracolumbar pain Whilst multi-planar imaging has allowed advances in diagnosis and treatment of canine spinal cord disorders, it is sometimes inaccessible to pet owners leading to a reliance on imaging modalities and...

Canine intervertebral disc disease Thoracolumbar intervertebral disc extrusion is a common reason for presentation in clinical practice, most commonly occurring in the miniature...

We were delighted to see so many people at our webinar this week. For anyone who missed it the recording is now available on YouTube.

My dog has IVDD. What now? Sam Khan, Bruno Scalia and Viviana Rojas from Cambridge Vet School explain what IVDD is and how to care for a recovering dog. The team from Cambridge Vet Sch...

It is just under a week until our next webinar. Follow the link for tickets.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/my-dog-has-ivdd-what-now-tickets-195286756947?fbclid=IwAR2cmULz9LdCINbI-iFU1Xvnbgt1ZSoYrAE5nxEr0NaVQJZSXbD8ZOW53Mk

My dog has IVDD. What now? Sam Khan, Bruno Scalia and Viviana Rojas from Cambridge Vet School will explain what IVDD is and how to care for a recovering dog.