Perineal urethrostomy in a brown capuchin monkey (Cebus apella).
A 14-yr-old male brown capuchin monkey (Cebus apella) was presented to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, with stranguria. The history included distal urethral obstruction and a previous surgical attempt to create a urinary diversion through the perineum. A perineal urethrostomy was performed. In a 17-mo follow-up period, neither stranguria nor dysuria was observed, and the monkey's social behavior appeared normal. Perineal urethrostomy appears to be a simple and practical procedure in primates with a compromised distal urethra.
Ranen
Eyal
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School of Veterinary Medicine, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, PO. Box 12, Rehovot, Israel 76100.
Freidman
Tamar
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Aizenberg
Izhac
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D000818:Animals; D002428:Cebus / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D010502:Perineum / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery*; D014524:Urethral Obstruction / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D014547:Urinary Diversion / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*