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CLINICAL CONNECTIONS
RVC Clinical Services Newsletter Spring 2023
DACHSHUND BOUNCES BACK AFTER BEING
HIT BY A BIKE
miniature dachshund severely Frida was an inpatient for just over a stricture postoperatively. A cystostomy tube
injured when run over by a bicycle week, at the end of June last year. During and urinary catheter were placed in the
A made an incredible recovery after that time she received treatment and care bladder. Frida recovered well in the ICU
being treated and cared for at the Queen initially from the emergency critical care following this surgery.
Mother Hospital for Animals (QMHA). team, followed by both the Soft Tissue The following day, as Frida had recovered
Injuries sustained by two-year-old Frida Surgery Service and Orthopaedic Service. well, she had a right ilial body fracture
during last year鈥檚 accident included pelvic On the day of her admission, further repaired with our Orthopaedic Service. She
fractures, significant intraabdominal bruising investigations (a positive contrast retrograde recovered again in the ICU before moving to
and a urethral rupture. urethrocystogram) revealed a rupture of the dog ward.
Such was the extent of Frida鈥檚 injuries her proximal urethra. Following this, an Two days later her indwelling urinary
that euthanasia was discussed as an option exploratory laparotomy was performed, catheter was removed and the day after
when her owners took her to their local vets. and two longitudinal proximal urethral tears that she began to urinate well on her own. A
However, the family decided they wanted to (2cm) were identified and repaired. This was retrograde urethrocystogram was repeated
give her a fighting chance and so she was a challenging surgery, and the team was a week after admission, which showed no
referred to the RVC. concerned for the development of a urethral leakage from her urethra or bladder.
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HAEMODIALYSIS FOR URACHAL REMNANT PAIN CLINIC HELPS CHALLENGING FIP
KIDNEY INJURY IN A GUINEA PIG 20-YEAR-OLD CAT CASE
