title: Treatment of urinary incontinence in dogs by endoscopic injection of Teflon.
abstract: Twenty-two dogs with urethral sphincter incompetence, nonresponsive to phenylpropanolamine administration, were treated by urethral submucosal injection of Teflon. Urinary continence was achieved in all dogs for at least 2 months. Urinary incontinence recurred in 14 dogs (64%) and was controlled by a second Teflon injection in 11 of 12 dogs (92%). Minor complications included transient stranguria, with or without hematuria, after 4 of 35 injection procedures. One dog had temporary partial urethral obstruction after treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology, Veterinary Medical Faculty of Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jäger
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: DiBartola
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lott-Stolz
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hauser
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hubler
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Casal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fairburn
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rüsch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D007267:Injections / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D012008:Recurrence; D014521:Urethra; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene