Percutaneous tube cystostomy and vesicular irrigation for treatment of obstructive urolithiasis in a goat. Academic Article

abstract

• Treatment of a 3-month-old male goat with obstructive urolithiasis by means of percutaneous tube cystostomy and vesicular irrigation with a chemolysis solution is described. The cystostomy tube was inserted percutaneously with ultrasonographic guidance. Patency of the urethra was reestablished with no clinical evidence of urethral stricture or recurrence of obstruction during the following 12 months. Results in this goat suggest that percutaneous tube cystostomy may be an economical alternative to surgical cystostomy tube placement. Chemical dissolution of calcium phosphate uroliths with a commercially available compound appears to be feasible in goats.

authors

• Washburn, Kevin

published proceedings

• J Am Vet Med Assoc

author list (cited authors)

• Streeter, R. N., Washburn, K. E., & McCauley, C. T.

citation count

• 31

complete list of authors

• Streeter, Robert N||Washburn, Kevin E||McCauley, Charles T

publication date

• August 2002

publisher

• American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)  Publisher

published in

• Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Cystostomy
• Goat Diseases
• Goats
• Male
• Therapeutic Irrigation
• Urethral Obstruction
• Urinary Bladder
• Urinary Calculi
• Urinary Catheterization

PubMed Central ID

• 12184707

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.2460/javma.2002.221.546

start page

• 546

end page

• 501

volume

• 221

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.2460/javma.2002.221.546