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

J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2002 Aug 15;221(4):546-9, 501. doi: 10.2460/javma.2002.221.546.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cystostomy / methods
  • Cystostomy / veterinary*
  • Goat Diseases / surgery*
  • Goats
  • Male
  • Therapeutic Irrigation / veterinary
  • Urethral Obstruction / etiology
  • Urethral Obstruction / surgery
  • Urethral Obstruction / veterinary*
  • Urinary Bladder / surgery
  • Urinary Calculi / complications
  • Urinary Calculi / surgery
  • Urinary Calculi / veterinary*
  • Urinary Catheterization / veterinary