title: Ultrasound-guided percutaneous antegrade hydropropulsion to relieve ureteral obstruction in a pet guinea pig (Cavia porcellus).
abstract: Severe hydroureter and hydronephrosis secondary to ureteral obstruction by calculus were present in a guinea pig. A palliative ultrasound-guided percutaneous antegrade hydropropulsion was performed under general anesthesia to relieve the ureteral obstruction and the associated clinical signs. We describe the technique and the considerations for its potential application in similar cases.
authors.affiliation: The Ontario Veterinary College Health Sciences Centre, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Eshar
authors.forename: Bridget
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lee-Chow
authors.forename: Heather J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Chalmers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*