Table 1.

Detailed information to all 11 dogs participating in the study.

Breeds	Gender	Age	Body Weight	Duration of Clinical Signs until Presentation	Clinical Signs	Surgical Technique	Complications	Clinical Signs after Hospitalization
Havanese	female	16 months	5.2 kg	2 weeks	Ambulatory tetraparetic	Bilateral plating and augmentation technique	Dysphagia and dyspnea post-operatively	Ambulatory with slight tetraparesis
Chihuahua	female	11 months	0.9 kg	10 days	Ambulatory tetraparetic	Transarticular pins and augmentation technique	Dysphagia and dyspnea post-operatively. Death
Miniature Spitz	female	12 months	2.6 kg	3 weeks	Ambulatory tetraparetic	Transarticular screws and augmentation technique	Dysphagia and dyspnea post-operatively	Ambulatory with slight tetraparesis
Yorkshire Terrier	female	16 months	2.6 kg	2 weeks	Ambulatory tetraparetic	Transarticular screws and augmentation technique	None	Ambulatory with slight tetraparesis
Chihuahua	male	14 months	1.8 kg	2 weeks	Ambulatory tetraparetic	Transarticular pins and augmentation technique	None	Ambulatory with slight tetraparesis
Mix breed dog	female	12 months	11 kg	4 days	Tetraparetic non ambulatory	Bilateral plating and augmentation technique	None	Tetraparetic non ambulatory
Chihuahua	female	15 months	2.1 kg	2 weeks	Pain	Transarticular pins and augmentation technique	None	Ambulatory with slight tetraparesis
Bolonka Zwetka	male	14 months	3.1 kg	10 days	Ambulatory tetraparetic	Bilateral plating and augmentation technique	None	Ambulatory with slight tetraparesis
Miniature Spitz	male	11 months	2.9 kg	7 days	Ambulatory tetraparetic	Bilateral plating and augmentation technique	None	Ambulatory with slight tetraparesis
Mix breed dog	female	6 months	5.5 kg	3 days	Tetraparetic non ambulatory	Bilateral plating and augmentation technique	None	Tetraparetic non ambulatory
Border collie	female	3 months	7 kg	3 days	Tetraplegic with preserved deep pain	Bilateral plating and augmentation technique	None	Ambulatory with slight tetraparesis