Steven De Decker
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Steven is a Senior Clinical Training Scholar in Neurology and Neurosurgery at the Queen Mother Hospital, for Small Animals.
Biography
Steven graduated in 2005 from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University in Belgium. After graduation, he performed there a 1-year Rotating Internship at the Small Animal Medicine department. During this year, he developed a special interest in veterinary neurology and neurosurgery. This resulted in the successful application of a PhD grant to investigate the diagnosis and treatment of disk associated wobbler syndrome in dogs. This is a challenging neck disorder which occurs commonly in adult to older Dobermann Pinschers. During this 4-year-during PhD he had the opportunity to gain clinical experience in several aspects of veterinary neurology and neurosurgery. He published many papers about his research topic in international veterinary journals and presented most of his work at scientific meetings. He was awarded with the John Prestus Prize for best oral presentation for a neurologist in training at the European Symposium of Veterinary Neurology in 2009. Steven started in July 2010 a Senior Clinical Training Scholar program in Neurology and Neurosurgery at the Royal veterinary College.
Research
Steven's main research interests are cervical spondylomyelopathy and other spinal cord disorders.
Selected Publications
* De Decker S, Davies E, Benigni L, Wilson H, Pelligand L, Rayner E, Shihab N, Volk H. Surgical treatment of an intracranial epidermoid cyst in a dog. Veterinary Surgery, In Press 2012.
* Kraus M, Benato L, Schoemaker N, Westerhof I, Hellebuyck T, Hermans K, Bronson E, Wack A, Gielen I, Meij B, De Decker S. Intervertebral disk disease in three Striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis). Veterinary Surgery, In Press 2012.
* Cornelis I, Maes S, Chiers K, Kramer M, Ducatelle R, De Decker S, Van Ham L. Claudin-1 and Glucose transporter1 immunolabeling in a canine intraneural Perineurioma. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 2012 doi10.1016/j.jcpr.2011/12.005.
· Cornelis I, De Decker S, Gielen I, Gadeyne C, Van Ham L. Idiopathic sterile inflammation of epidural fat and epaxial muscles causing paraplegia in a mixed breed dog. Journal of the American Veterinary medical Association, In Press 2012.
· De Decker S, Gielen I, Duchateau L, Van Soens I, Oevermann A, Polis I, Van Bree H, Van Ham L. Evolution of clinical signs and predictors of outcome after conservative medical treatment for disk-associated cervical spondylomyelopathy in dogs. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 2012;240:848-857.
· De Decker S, Gielen I, Duchateau L, Van Bree H, Bavegems V, Waelbers T, Van Ham L. Morphometric dimensions of the caudal cervical region in Doberman Pinschers with clinical signs of disk associated cervical spondylomyelopathy, clinically normal Doberman Pinschers and clinically normal English Foxhounds. The Veterinary Journal 2012;191:52-57.
· De Decker S, Gielen I, Duchateau L, Saunders J, Polis I, Van Bree H, Van Ham L. Magnetic resonance imaging vertebral canal and body ratios in Doberman Pinschers with and without disk associated cervical spondylomyelopathy and clinically normal English Foxhounds. American Journal of Veterinary Research, 2011;77:1496-1504.
· De Decker S, Caemaert J, Tshamala M, Gielen I, Van Bree H, Wegge B, Bosmans T, Van Ham L. Surgical treatment of disk associated wobbler syndrome by a distractable, vertebral titanium cage in 7 dogs. Veterinary Surgery 2011;40:544-554.
· De Decker S, Saunders J, Duchateau L, Pey P, Van Ham L. Radiographic vertebral canal and body ratios in Doberman Pinschers with and without clinical signs of cervical spondylomyelopathy. American Journal of Veterinary Research 2011;72:958-966.
· De Decker S, Gielen I, Duchateau L, Corzo N, Van Bree H, Kromhout K, Bosmans T, Van Ham L. Intraobserver, interobserver and intermethod agreement of myelography, computed tomography-myelography, and low field magnetic resonance imaging in dogs with disk associated wobbler syndrome. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 2011;238:1601-1608.
· De Decker S, Gielen I, Duchateau L, Lang J, Dennis R, Menendez N, Van Bree H, Van Soens I, Binst D, Waelbers T, Van Ham L. Intra and interobserver agreement for results of low-field magnetic resonance imaging in dogs with and without clinical signs of disk associated wobbler syndrome. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 2011;238:74-80.
· De Decker S, Van Soens I, Duchateau L, Gielen I, Van Bree H, Binst D, Waelbers T, Van Ham L. Transcranial magnetic stimulation in Doberman Pinschers with clinically relevant and clinically irrelevant spinal cord compression on magnetic resonance imaging. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 2011;238:81-88.
· De Decker S. Diagnosis and Treatment of Disk associated Wobbler Syndrome in Dogs. PhD Thesis. ISBN 978-90-5864-234-9.
· Gozalo M, Bosmans T, Hellebuyck T, De Decker S, Van Caelenberg A, Schauvliege S. Anaesthetic and analgesic management of a skunk undergoing a laminectomy for cauda equina compression. Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift (Flemish Veterinary Journal) 2010;79:395-399.
· De Decker S, Gielen I, Van Caelenbergh A, Vermote K, Gadeyne C, Wegge B, L Van Ham. Clinical relevant osteochondrosis of the seventh lumbar vertebra in a Beagle. Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift (Flemish Veterinary Journal) 2010;79:213-217.
· De Decker S, Gielen I, Duchateau L, van Soens I, Bavegems V, Bosmans T, Van Bree H, Van Ham L. Low field magnetic resonance imaging findings of the caudal portion of the cervical region in clinically normal Doberman Pinschers and Foxhounds. American Journal of Veterinary Research. 2010;71:428-434.
· De Decker S, Gielen I, Duchateau L, Polis I, Van Bree H, Van Ham L. Agreement and repeatability of linear vertebral body and canal measurements using computed tomography and low field magnetic resonance imaging. Veterinary Surgery. 2010;39:28-34.
· De Decker S, Tshamala M, Bhatti S, Van Soens I, Saunders J, Waelbers T, Van Ham L. Surgical treatment of disc associated wobbler syndrome by a standard ventral slot technique: a retrospective study of 12 cases. Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift (Flemish Veterinary Journal), 2009; 78: 338-345.
· De Decker S, Bhatti S, Duchateau L, Martle V, Van Soens I, Van Meervenne S, Saunders J, Van Ham L. Clinical evaluation of 51 dogs treated conservatively for disc-associated wobbler syndrome. Journal of Small Animal Practice. 2009; 50: 136-142.
· De Decker S, Van Soens I, Haers H, Tshamala M, Waelbers T, Bhatti S, Van Ham L. Complications in a dog with disc associated Wobbler syndrome. Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift (Flemish Veterinary Journal), 2008; 77: 148-152.
· De Decker S, Bhatti S, Gielen I, Van Ham L. Diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of disc associated Wobbler syndrome in dogs. Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift (Flemish Veterinary Journal), 2008; 77: 139-146.
· Gadeyne C, De Decker S, Van Soens I, Bhatti S, Van Meervenne S, Martle V, Saunders J, Polis I, van Ham L. Fibrocartilaginous embolism: a retrospective study of 57 suspected cases. Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift (Flemish Veterinary Journal), 2007; 76: 117-123.
· De Decker S, Van Soens I, Tshamala M, Gielen I, Saunders J, Polis I, Bhatti S, Van Meervenne S, Van Ham L. Spinal arachnoid cysts in dogs: a retrospective study of 14 cases. Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift (Flemish Veterinary Journal), 2006; 75: 153-164.