ABSTRACT
Two young female dogs were diagnosed with hydrocolpos as a result of a congenital vaginal obstruction. In one dog, hydrocolpos had led to faecal tenesmus; in the other, the condition was an incidental finding during laparotomy. Diagnostic tests included vaginoscopy, ultrasonography and retrograde vagino-urethrocystography. In both dogs, the obstruction was located at the junction between the caudal vagina and the vaginal vestibule. Anastomosis of the caudal vagina and vestibule through an episiotomy was successful in both cases.
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Dog Diseases/diagnosis , Dog Diseases/surgery , Vaginal Diseases/veterinary , Anastomosis, Surgical/veterinary , Animals , Constriction, Pathologic/veterinary , Dog Diseases/congenital , Dog Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Dog Diseases/pathology , Dogs , Episiotomy/veterinary , Female , Radiography , Ultrasonography , Vaginal Diseases/diagnosis , Vaginal Diseases/surgeryABSTRACT
Twelve dogs with idiopathic chylothorax were treated by en bloc ligation of the thoracic duct. Six dogs recovered completely. Minimal follow-up in this group was 12 months. Five dogs were euthanized within 5 months of surgery because of persisting liquothorax: two with chylous and three with non-chylous effusions. One dog was euthanized 2 months after surgery because of a recurrence of dyspnoea. It is concluded that the results are comparable with those of a previously described surgical treatment; however, the technique described here is less complicated because it does not require mesenteric lymphangiography.
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Chylothorax/veterinary , Dog Diseases/surgery , Thoracic Duct/surgery , Animals , Chylothorax/surgery , Dogs , Female , Ligation/veterinary , Lymphography/veterinary , Male , Pleural Effusion/complications , Pleural Effusion/veterinary , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
Results of a retrospective study of 22 dogs with signs of dysuria and/or stranguria in which a diagnosis of idiopathic detrusor-urethral dyssynergia was made are presented. The diagnosis was based on the exclusion of detectable pathological conditions which could also cause urine outflow obstruction. The affected cases were 22 middle-aged male dogs (mean age 4.9 years) of large and giant breeds (mean bodyweight 36.7 kg). Nine dogs had had periodic clinical signs for longer than one year, one for seven months and eight for two to five weeks, while in four dogs signs had begun four to five days before referral. All dogs received the alpha-sympatholytic agent prazosin as an initial treatment and in 11 it remained the only therapy. There was a good effect in seven and a moderate response in the other four dogs. In one dog, prazosin was ineffective and was replaced by diazepam, which markedly reduced the signs. Three other dogs required frequent catheterisation and antibiotics were administered. These dogs responded favourably. Another three dogs with evidence of impaired bladder contractility were also treated with the parasympathomimetic agent carbachol. One did not improve and was euthanased. Four dogs developed bladder paralysis and severe infectious cystitis. Only one of these could be managed satisfactorily by long-term administration of prazosin, carbachol and antibiotics, and the others had to be euthanased.
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Dog Diseases/drug therapy , Urinary Retention/veterinary , Animals , Dog Diseases/pathology , Dogs , Male , Prazosin/therapeutic use , Retrospective Studies , Sympatholytics/therapeutic use , Treatment Outcome , Urinary Bladder/pathology , Urinary Catheterization/veterinary , Urinary Retention/drug therapy , Urinary Retention/pathologyABSTRACT
The importance of additional diagnostic studies, such as contrast radiography, urethrocystoscopy and biopsy will be illustrated with two cases in bitches with a disorder of the urethra accompanied by strangury.
