Hemilaminectomy was performed in six out of twelve dogs with traumatic posterior paralysis presented to the College Hospital as an adjunct to spinal fixation by modified spinal stapling and tension band wiring. The procedure was performed on the left side if the site of vertebral injury and lateralization of the spinal cord compression could not be made on myelograms. Four out of six dogs (66.67%) in which hemilaminectomy was not done became ambulatory whereas five out of six dogs (83.33%) in which hemilaminectomy was done became ambulatory by the 60th post-operative day. A marginally better clinical outcome resulted when hemilaminectomy was combined with spinal fixation.
