Kapitel 115 (Tobias) - Ureters

Question 1

What is the anecdotally reported diameter of the feline unobstructed distal ureter?

How big stents are being put in in some institutions?

Answer 1

• 0,4 mm

- 0,8 mm (2,5 Fr.) Stents

Question 2

What is the normal luminal diameter of the upper canine ureter. (Generel guideline on ventrodorsal excretory urography)

Hint: Compared to a vertebra

Answer 2

0,07 x the length of the 2. lumbar vertbebra