title: A simple continuous pattern using absorbable suture for perineal urethrostomy in the cat: 18 cases (2000-2002).
abstract: Closure with a simple continuous pattern using absorbable suture was evaluated in 18 cats that underwent perineal urethrostomy from 2000 to 2002. The perineal urethrostomy was performed in a similar manner in all the cats, and either 4-0 or 5-0 polydioxanone was used for closure. Cats were evaluated 2 weeks postoperatively, and long-term follow-up information was reviewed. In all cats, the perineal urethrostomy site was healed within 2 weeks. None of the cats developed a stricture postoperatively. Complications were not significantly different (P>0.50) from those found in a comparison group of 21 cats operated between 1997 and 2002, in which perineal urethrostomies were performed using nonabsorbable sutures that were removed postoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA.
authors.forename: Marta D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Agrodnia
authors.forename: Joe G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Hauptman
authors.forename: Bryden J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Stanley
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Walshaw
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002415:Cats; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000662:veterinary; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014521:Urethra / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials