title: Use of a laparoscopic retrieval device for urolith removal through a perineal urethrotomy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the use of a laparoscopic retrieval device for removal of uroliths via a perineal urethrotomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 12-year-old Konenklijk Warmbloed Paardenstamboek Nederland (KWPN) gelding and a 15-year-old Holsteiner gelding.
  
  
  METHODS
  Perineal urethrotomy was performed on 2 standing sedated geldings and the urolith was removed using a laparoscopic retrieval device.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In both cases, uroliths were removed successfully with no short- or long-term complications. The larger of the 2 uroliths measured 6 cm in length and 4.6 cm in width.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Removal of a urolith via a perineal urethrotomy using a laparoscopic retrieval device was an expedient and minimally traumatic method that obviated the need for fragmentation before removal.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Equina Hospital Clínico Veterinario Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio Avenida de la Universidad N°1 CP: 28691, Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Martín Menéndez
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Inés
authors.forename: Gareth
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fitch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006736:Horses; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D052878:Urolithiasis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*