Uroabdomen is a condition commonly associated with abdominal or pelvic trauma that is seen in human and veterinary patients. Other etiologies of uroabdomen include urinary obstructive disorders (e.g., urolithiasis, feline lower urinary tract disease, neoplasia) and iatrogenic causes (e.g., urethral catheterization, aggressive bladder palpation, cystoscopy, cystocentesis). Uroabdomen results rap...

Urinary obstruction is one of the causes for the morbidity and mortality, if not treated in early stages in small ruminants. Goats are more susceptible for incidence of urethral caliculi as these species having urethral process where the urethral diameter is narrowed and leads to urinary obstruction. If the condition initially not identified later bladder will rupture and leads uroabdomen. The ...

At our institution, an abdominal ultrasound is typically the first imaging test performed when perforation of the lower urinary tract is suspected. However, the location of the perforation is almost impossible to determine with ultrasound. As a result, some sort of positive contrast study is usually performed when a uroabdomen or uroretroperitoneum is present. For the urinary bladder or urethra...

persistent patent urachus with other accompanying anomalies like urethral obstruction and uroperitoniumquickly deteriorates animal conditions which necessitate prompt surgical intervention and animal salvage. a10-day-old calf was referred to clinic with mildly distended abdomen, history of umbilical dribbling and nosigns of normal urination since birth. on clinical laboratory results and ancill...

BACKGROUND Laser lithotripsy has been used as an alternative to surgical removal of uroliths. OBJECTIVE To describe the procedure and efficacy of laser lithotripsy for removal of lower urinary tract uroliths in horses. Additionally, the ultrastructure and the differences in mineralogy and microstructure from 1 successful and 1 unsuccessful laser lithotripsy case are described. ANIMALS Six c...

Introduction Dogs and cats often present to veterinary clinics because of the appearance of a pendulous or enlarged abdomen or for clinical signs secondary to abdominal fluid accumulation. Abdominal fluid can accumulate from a variety of disease processes including many serious conditions that require immediate intervention. Sometimes the condition that led to the accumulation of abdominal flui...

Persistent patent urachus with other accompanying anomalies like urethral obstruction and uroperitoniumquickly deteriorates animal conditions which necessitate prompt surgical intervention and animal salvage. A10-day-old calf was referred to clinic with mildly distended abdomen, history of umbilical dribbling and nosigns of normal urination since birth. On clinical laboratory results and ancill...

In patients with acute abdominal pain, abdominal paracentesis and diagnostic peritoneal lavage often yield fluid samples for cytologic and biochemical evaluation. Cytology of the effusion from a patient with acute abdominal disease can be a crucial tool for the rapid diagnosis necessary for initiation of timely and appropriate therapy. Appropriate sample collection, handling, and preparation ar...