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The outcome of combined urethropexy and colposuspension for management of bitches with urinary incontinence associated with urethral sphincter mechanism incompetence
Author(s) -
Martinoli Stefania,
Nelissen Pieter,
White Richard A. S.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
veterinary surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1532-950X
pISSN - 0161-3499
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-950x.2013.12084.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dysuria , urinary incontinence , surgery , vagina , urethra , urethral sphincter , sphincter , urinary system , urology , anatomy
Objective To report 1) a combined technique of urethropexy and colposuspension; 2) intra‐ and postoperative complications; and 3) medium term outcome. Study design Retrospective case series. Animals Female dogs (n = 30) with urinary incontinence associated with urethral sphincter mechanism incompetence (USMI) unresponsive to medical management. Methods Through a ventral median celiotomy, the bladder was positioned abdominally to permit the urethra to be anchored with single interrupted polypropylene sutures to the prepubic tendon and linea alba. The vagina was freed from the vesicovaginal and rectovaginal attachments and advanced cranially by traction before attachment to the prepubic tendon with polypropylene mattress sutures. Bitches were re‐examined 2 weeks postoperatively; medium term outcome (>6 months) was evaluated by telephone interview of owners. Results At a median follow up of 39.5 months, 21 bitches (70%) were considered to have an “excellent” medium term outcome with complete resolution of their urinary signs; 8 (26.6%) had a “good” outcome, and 3 (10%) had mild transient dysuria postoperatively. Conclusion Combined urethropexy and colposuspension resulted in complete resolution of urinary incontinence in 70% of bitches with USMI and was not associated with major complications.