S1 File. Wound assessment form. Document to record various aspects of wound related factors
for individual patients.
S2 File. Pain assessment form. Document to record various aspects of pain related factors for
individual patients.
S1 Fig. Photographs of incisions of 1 TRAD and HOB dog. Examples of incision photographs
of one dog with TRAD and one with HOB approach on day of surgery and 1, 2, and 3
days postoperatively.
S1 Data. Excel study data. Dataset of evaluated factors of all patients, including patient and
surgery factors, neurologic grading, pain questionnaire and visual analog scores, incision healing
scores, owner perceived neuro status and function, and quality of life factors.