RESUMEN
To assess the outcome of ileocystoplasty basedon clinical, radiological and ultrasonographical findings. experimental study. Five adult mixed breed dogs, weighing between15 and 25kg. Partial cystectomy with immediateaugmentation ileocystoplasty was performed. Clinicalsigns were observed and recorded up to day 45.Reconstructed bladders were evaluated by radiology andultrasonography on days 25 and 45. Clinically the animals had a normal appetite andbehavior. No digestive or voiding problems, intestinalobstruction and no urinary leakage, infection and urinaryincontinence were observed. A mark edge at the borderlinebetween the original bladder and the ileal segment, thethickening of the suture line at the graft area, lack ofnormal distention in the ileal segment in comparison withoriginal bladder and presence of floating echogenic smallparticles in the neobladder were dominant findings basedon radiological and ultrasonographical evaluations. Onedog died 10 days after operation. Ultrasonographyrevealed urinary leakage and presence of liquid inabdomen before die and necropsy showed peritonitis andneobladder perforation. Although ileum is one of the best parts ofgastrointestinal tract for augmentation cystoplasty butperforation of the reconstructed bladder remains the rarecondition with relatively high mortality rate