Informe final de práctica profesional médica en la clínica veterinaria Animal Center Cúcuta - Norte de Santander. Resolución de prolapso uretral en canino macho mediante uretropexia: Reporte de caso clínico.

Abstract

A male canine patient, three years old was brought to consultation. Its owner reported that the animal, in prior days, presented an intermittent indented in its pennis, and that the dogs leaked it. At a first exploration, it presented a rounded and congested bulge at the external urethral meatus’ zone, after physical examination, an urethral prolapse was diagnosed. This affection consist on the displacement of a part of the urethra out of the glans. Un urethrostomy was carried out in the prolapsed part of the urethra, antibiotics and analgesics at home were prescribed. After a week, a recurrence and a new indented were generated, so that a less invasive and more simple technique intervention was effected: urethropexy, evenly the same analgesic and antibiotics therapy were prescribed, after this last intervention, patient reaction was favorable and it satisfactorily evolved; subsequent problems were not presented.