Ureteral obstructions in dogs and cats: a review of traditional and new interventional diagnostic and therapeutic options

摘要: Objective – To describe and review both traditional newer diagnostic therapeutic options for canine feline ureteral obstructions currently being performed clinically in veterinary medicine. Data Sources A Medline search with no date restrictions was used this review. Human Data Synthesis The human literature would support the use of minimally invasive endourological techniques treatment nearly all causes obstructions, whenever possible. This typically includes extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy, intracorporeal lithotripsy via retrograde ureteroscopy or antegrade percutaneous nephroureterolithotomy, stenting, nephrostomy tube placement, laparoscopic endopyelotomy. Typically open surgery is only suggested cases gynecological malignancy when en bloc resection considered a good option, various methods have failed. Veterinary scarce on interventional has been growing over last 5 years. current reports stones, as well stents trigonal obstructive transitional cell carcinoma, ureterolithiasis, strictures. Traditional surgical interventions, like ureterotomy, ureteronephrectomy, reimplantation more vastly reported accepted. will focus new clinical data using obstructions. Conclusions Various are now available patients, trend away from hopefully be followed that they technically dogs cats.