title: Wedge meatoplasty as a treatment for stricture of the urethral meatus in a cat.
abstract: A three-and-a-half-year-old male neutered Siamese cat presented with idiopathic feline lower urinary tract inflammation and dysuria, which appeared to be caused by stricture of the urethral meatus. Wedge meatoplasty was performed, which relieved the cat's dysuria and restored a normal urine stream. To my knowledge, this is the first report of meatoplasty as a treatment for stricture of the urethral meatus in a cat.
authors.affiliation: University of Liverpool, School of Veterinary Science, Cheshire, UK. aif@liverpool.ac.uk
authors.forename: Alistair I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Freeman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002415:Cats; D053159:Dysuria / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D013521:Urologic Surgical Procedures, Male / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*