title: Delayed-onset urinary incontinence in five female dogs with ectopic ureters.
abstract: This case series describes five female dogs with congenital ectopic ureter presenting with delayed-onset urinary incontinence out of 22 female dogs diagnosed with ectopic ureter over a 102-month period at a veterinary teaching hospital. All five dogs improved following surgical treatment of ectopic ureter, but only three remained continent long-term without further intervention. Delayed-onset urinary incontinence in female dogs with ectopic ureters may be more common than the current literature suggests. Congenital ectopic ureter should be considered and investigated as a possible contributing factor in female dogs presenting with delayed-onset urinary incontinence.
authors.affiliation: Blackpool PDSA Petaid Hospital, Blackpool, Lancashire FY4 4AP.
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Yool
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014513:Ureter; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*