Sentences with phrase «larger urethra»

A female cat does not often become obstructed due to the larger urethra, but this too can be very serious and uncomfortable for the cat.

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The urethra in the female is larger and less prone to stone development.

If large numbers of crystals are present, a «plug» of crystals may get stuck in the urethra, causing complete obstruction and the inability to urinate.

Surgery is the only alternative to removes stones too large to pass through the urethra.

Stones larger than this in the kidney will require endoscopic placement of a stent in the urethra so that there will be room to pass the fragments.

Some of the organs in these systems are the oral cavity, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine (colon), liver, gallbladder, pancreas, kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra, nasal cavity, trachea, bronchi, lungs, uterus, ovaries, prostate, vulva, prepuce, thyroid gland, adrenal gland, parathyroid gland, pituitary gland, lymph nodes, and lymphatic vessels.

Smaller stones often pose a larger health risk because they can escape from the bladder into the urethra and get stuck, blocking the flow of urine.

If the stones are large and unlikely to plug or obstruct the urethra, medical management of stones using prescription specialty diets or home recipes may be tried.

The larger opening created in the urethra may make ascending bacterial infections more likely to occur after the procedure is done, but these are easier to deal with than a life - threatening emergency.

She had a large mass that took up nearly all of the space in the pelvic canal and it was compressing the urethra and colon.

In rare instances, a larger stone may leave the bladder and get stuck in the urethra.

This is a particularly dangerous risk for male cats, whose narrow urethra can easily become blocked by a large kidney stone.

When the cysts become large, they can put pressure on the urethra or displace the rectum and colon.

If surgery is elected (called perineal urethrostomy) then a permanent and larger opening is made in the urethra to stop any further obstruction from occurring.

When dogs are large enough to allow the passage of instruments up the urethra and into the bladder, it is sometimes possible to nibble away or crush bladder stones into fragments small enough to leave the pet naturally in its urine or net them up in a small basket - like apparatus and draw them out the urethra that way.