Publications by authors named "Jeanne A Barsanti"
Article Synopsis
- The study assessed the prevalence and risk factors for urinary tract infections (UTI) in dogs post-surgery for thoracolumbar intervertebral disc (IVD) extrusions.
- It found a 27% overall UTI prevalence, with variations at different time points after surgery (15% before, ranging up to 20% on the 7th day).
- Key risk factors for UTI included female sex, inability to ambulate or urinate, lack of perioperative antibiotics, and low body temperature during anesthesia.
Objective: To develop a model of low urethral pressure incontinence and compare the relative contributions of the pudendal and hypogastric nerves with urethral function by performing selective neurectomy and ovariohysterectomy in dogs.
Animals: 19 healthy Foxhounds.
Procedure: Dogs were allocated into 2 groups.
Urinary calculi were removed by means of laparoscopic-assisted cystoscopy in 3 dogs. Two small abdominal incisions were made--1 for a laparoscope and 1 for placement of a Babcock forceps to aid in grasping and lifting the urinary bladder to the abdominal wall. A cystoscope and instruments for calculi removal were passed through a small cystotomy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA unilateral intravesical ureterocele was diagnosed by ultrasonography in a 5-year-old female Pekingese that was referred for evaluation of increased hepatic enzymes. Ureteroceles are cystic dilatations of the submucosal portion of the distal ureter. They are frequently reported in humans but are uncommonly reported in dogs.
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