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- Title
Postoperative Mortality in Cats After Ureterolithotomy.
- Authors
Roberts, Scott F.; Aronson, Lillian R.; Brown, Dorothy C.
- Abstract
To identify preoperative risk factors associated with mortality before discharge in cats having a single or multiple ureterotomy procedures to treat a ureteral obstruction. Case series. Cats (n=47). Data were obtained from the medical records (2002-2009) of cats that had undergone ureterolithotomy procedures. Multiple preoperative factors were evaluated for association of survival to discharge. Survival to discharge after ureterolithotomy was 79% (37/47). Over 79% of cats were azotemic before surgery and 94% had chronic kidney disease changes at the time of ultrasonographic diagnosis. Six cats required an additional surgical procedure because of complications with ureterolithotomy. Overall prevalence of postoperative uroabdomen was 6% (3/47). On multivariate analysis, there were no preoperative variables significantly associated with survival to discharge. Ureterolithotomy in cats was associated with a 21% mortality rate before hospital discharge. No preoperative variables associated with mortality were identified; therefore, further studies are needed to identify more discriminating preoperative characteristics for mortality after ureterolithotomy in this population of cats.
- Publication
Veterinary Surgery, 2011, Vol 40, Issue 4, p438
- ISSN
0161-3499
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1532-950X.2011.00836.x