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Urethral Stenting for Obstructive Uropathy Utilizing Digital Radiography for Guidance: Feasibility and Clinical Outcome in 26 Dogs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Urethral stent placement is an interventional treatment option to alleviate urethral outflow obstruction. It has been described utilizing fluoroscopy, but fluoroscopy is not as readily available in private practice as digital radiography.

Objectives

To describe the use of digital radiography for urethral stent placement in dogs with obstructive uropathy.

Animals

Twenty-six client-owned dogs presented for dysuria associated with benign and malignant causes of obstructive uropathy that underwent urethral stent placement.

Methods

Retrospective study.

Results

Causes of obstructive uropathy included transitional cell carcinoma, prostatic carcinoma, hemangiosarcoma, obstructive proliferative urethritis, compressive vaginal leiomyosarcoma, and detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia. Survival time range was 1-48 months (median, 5 months). All dogs were discharged from the hospital with urine outflow restored. Intraprocedural complications included guide wire penetration of the urethral wall in 1 dog and improper stent placement in a second dog. Both complications were successfully managed at the time of the procedure with no follow-up problems noted in either patient.

Conclusion and clinical importance

Urethral stent placement can be successfully performed utilizing digital radiography. The complications experienced can be avoided by more cautious progression with each step through the procedure and serial radiography. The application of digital radiography may allow treatment of urethral obstruction to become more readily available.

SUBMITTER: Radhakrishnan A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5354040 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Urethral Stenting for Obstructive Uropathy Utilizing Digital Radiography for Guidance: Feasibility and Clinical Outcome in 26 Dogs.

Radhakrishnan A A

Journal of veterinary internal medicine 20170129 2

<h4>Background</h4>Urethral stent placement is an interventional treatment option to alleviate urethral outflow obstruction. It has been described utilizing fluoroscopy, but fluoroscopy is not as readily available in private practice as digital radiography.<h4>Objectives</h4>To describe the use of digital radiography for urethral stent placement in dogs with obstructive uropathy.<h4>Animals</h4>Twenty-six client-owned dogs presented for dysuria associated with benign and malignant causes of obst ...[more]

PMID: 28132405

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Dataset Information

Urethral Stenting for Obstructive Uropathy Utilizing Digital Radiography for Guidance: Feasibility and Clinical Outcome in 26 Dogs.

Background

Objectives

Animals

Methods

Results

Conclusion and clinical importance

Publications

Urethral Stenting for Obstructive Uropathy Utilizing Digital Radiography for Guidance: Feasibility and Clinical Outcome in 26 Dogs.

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