Vaginal cuff cutaneous ureterostomy as a model for split renal function study in dog.
To protect ureteral stoma from necrosis and stenosis in cutaneous ureterostomy, an autograft of the entire vaginal wall to the canine abdomen was investigated. The patency of the ureteral stoma was well preserved for the observation period with an average of 9.4 months in 20 of 29 dogs. A combination of unilateral vaginal cuff cutaneous ureterostomy with bladder urine collection for the contralateral kidney is a useful experimental model for split renal function study. The value of this model has been shown by clearance study using the separate urine obtained from each kidney.
D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery; D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D007668:Kidney / Q000502:physiology*; D014547:Urinary Diversion / Q000379:methods*; D014621:Vagina / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000637:transplantation*