title: Surgical treatment and complications of a urethral obstruction in a cat: a case study.
abstract: A 4-year-old Burmese cat had undergone two different urethrostomy procedures to resolve feline urethral obstruction. Both methods failed because of incorrect surgical techniques. The reasons for failure, the secondary complications, and the surgical correction of the previously performed urethrostomies are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wiegand
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kirpensteijn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002415:Cats; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000662:veterinary; D012086:Reoperation / Q000662:veterinary; D014524:Urethral Obstruction / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*