Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat with urethral stricture treated using bladder mucosa graft
By Katayama, Masaaki et al.Ā·Published in The Journal of veterinary medical scienceĀ·2023Ā·Veterinary Teaching Hospital, JapanĀ·View original on PubMed ā
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Original publication title: Ventral onlay graft urethroplasty using bladder mucosa in a cat with a urethral stricture.
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Plain-English summary
A 3-year-old male domestic shorthair cat had trouble urinating after surgery to fix a ruptured urethra. Tests showed a blockage in the urethra, so the vet performed a special surgery using a piece of the cat's bladder to repair the area. This procedure allowed the cat to urinate normally, and two years later, he showed no signs of urinary problems. This method could be a good option for treating similar issues in cats.
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Abstract
A 3-year-old, 4.0 kg, intact male domestic shorthair cat presented with postoperative dysuria following urethral resection and anastomosis for urethral rupture. Retrograde urethrography revealed a stricture in the pelvic urethra. Urethroplasty with bladder mucosa was performed following a bilateral pubic-ischial osteotomy. The bladder wall was resected to harvest an appropriately sized bladder mucosa graft. The graft was placed over the urethral defect in patch fashion and stabilized with interrupted sutures. The cat was able to urinate normally with no evidence of lower urinary tract signs 2 year postoperatively. Therefore, urethroplasty with an onlay bladder mucosa graft may be a feasible alternative to prepubic or subpubic urethrostomy for the treatment of pelvic urethral stricture in cats.
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