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Traumatic Rupture of the Ureter: 10 Cases

From the Sections of Small Animal Surgery (Weisse, Aronson) and Critical Care (Drobatz), Department of Clinical Studies, Philadelphia School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3850 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6010.

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A retrospective study was performed on eight dogs, one cat, and one ferret with ruptured ureters secondary to blunt trauma. The most common physical examination findings were abdominal distension/discomfort (in five of 10 animals) and gross hematuria (in five of six animals). Multiple organ injury was also common (in seven of 10 animals). Loss of retroperitoneal and peritoneal detail was the most common radiographic finding (in four of six animals). Ureteronephrectomy was the most common surgical procedure (performed in five out of seven procedures). Three of the five cases discharged were available for follow-up and have had no evidence of associated problems.