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Urology

Technicians and cystocentesis: A closer look at veterinary supervision
Highly trained and experienced team members with the proper credentials can handle delicate procedures as well as—or better than—their bosses. So why do veterinarians have to be involved at all?
Feline ureteral obstruction: Stent to save the kidneys?
Placing a ureteral stent in cats with benign ureteral obstruction may preserve renal function.
Clinical Exposures: Post-traumatic perirenal urinoma associated with an intraureteral air gun pellet in a dog
This case hinged on the discovery of a stray air gun pellet in this stray dog, detected by excretory urography.
Skeptical about sacrococcygeal blocks?
Find out why the block is anesthesia and analgesia expert Tasha McNerney’s go-to trick for urethral obstruction cats, plus a how-to video.

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Veterinary Medicine Essentials: Feline inappropriate elimination
Each Veterinary Medicine Essentials package covers diagnostic steps, treatment plan guidance and the latest updates, plus resources to share with your entire veterinary team and your clients.
Veterinary Medicine Essentials: Canine house training
Each Veterinary Medicine Essentials package covers diagnostic steps, treatment plan guidance and the latest updates, plus resources to share with your entire veterinary team and your clients.
Ameliorating our incompetence with urinary incontinence: Artificial urethral sphincters
Amidst the many treatment options for incontinence related to urethral sphincter mechanism incompetence, this surgical technique may offer an alternative for those patients refractory to traditional therapies.
Resist the resistance! Be the antibiotic steward in your veterinary practice
Dr. Jason Stull has three ways to curb the disturbing trend of antimicrobial resistance.
Your chemical romance
3 diagnostic devices that bring sexy back to the in-house veterinary lab.

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Antimicrobials and UTIs—What's the best treatment option?
Veterinary pharmacologist Dawn Boothe runs down the drugs that you should, and shouldn't, use in empirical treatment.
Renal function analysis: A study in contrast agents
Veterinary radiologist Dr. Anthony Pease explains why contrast agents are a quick, easy way to examine the urinary tract.
Pet owners doing their pets' urinalyses?
This turns "in-house diagnostics" into "in-the-home diagnostics." The Petnostics urine collector does it all: helps a cat owner collect pee, has a color-changing strip to show results and has a smartphone app to explain it all.
'Sup with your supplement game?
Some DVMs are weak on supplements, with pet owners doing their own questionable research and dosing and feeding their pets accordingly for such conditions as cancer, osteoarthritis and kidney disease. It's high time for you to dig into the science, says Dr. Ernie Ward, and see how they can help with pets' chronic conditions.
Ins and outs of using contrast medium to evaluate the urinary tract
Veterinary radiologist Dr. Anthony Pease's thoughts on this quick and easy form of assessment.