From: Investigation of timing of surgery and other factors possibly influencing outcome in dogs with acute thoracolumbar disc extrusion: a retrospective study of 1501 cases
Duration
Number of cases
Number of cases with successful outcome
Same day
354
326 (92.1%)
1ā2Ā days
453
412 (90.9%)
3ā5Ā days
255
229 (89.8%)
>ā5Ā days
417
361 (86.6%)
Total
1479
1328