Urolithiasis in 68 Horses
作者:
SHEILA LAVERTY,
JOHN R. PASCOE,
GERALD V. LING,
JEAN PIERRE LAVOIE,
ANNETTE L. RUBY,
期刊:
Veterinary Surgery
(WILEY Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 21,
issue 1
页码: 56-62
ISSN:0161-3499
年代: 1992
DOI:10.1111/j.1532-950X.1992.tb00011.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
Medical records of 68 horses with urolithiasis were examined. Calculi were in the bladder in 47 horses, urethra in 11 horses, kidneys in 15 horses, and ureter in two horses. They occurred at several sites in six horses. Common clinical signs included hematuria, altered micturition (pollakiuria, dysuria, urinary incontinence), and tenesmus. Weight loss, possibly attributable to chronic renal failure and colic, was associated more commonly with renal and ureteral calculi. Weight loss also occurred in 13% of horses with cystic calculi only. In male horses, most cystic calculi were removed by perineal (ischial) urethrotomy under epidural anesthesia. Although there were few surgical complications with urethrotomy, seven of 15 horses with follow‐up suffered recurrent urolithiasi
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