Canine retrograde urohydropropulsion - Lessons from 25 years of experience

Uroliths are commonly voided into the urethra where they often lodge adjace nt to the os penis in male dogs. Urethral patency can, with few exceptions, be restored by flushing uroliths back into the bladder lumen by retrograde urohydropropulsion. To be consistently successful, one must be familiar wi th the concepts of the procedure and each step of the technique.