Three techniques for ventral decompression of the cervical spinal cord were performed on 21 dogs (3 groups of 7 dogs each). The techniques involved cutting various-sized defects in the vertebral bodies and disks of the cervical vertebral column. The defects were not filled with bone grafts. Two of the 3 techniques (short, wide defect and long, narrow defect) were successful, and the other technique (long, wide defect) gave questionable results.

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