Surgery of the Bladder Flashcards
Which part of the urinary tract is more commonly affected by surgical conditions?
Lower urinary tract
What is the difference between cat and dog urinary bladder anatomy?
In dogs, it lies just cranial to or within the pelvic cavity when empty and extends ventro-cranially into the abdomen as it distends. In cats, the bladder is always intraabdominal, even when empty.
How us the dog urethra divided?
prostatic, pelvic and penile portion.
What is the longest section of dog urethra?
penile
What is the penile urethra segment surrounded by?
Corpus spongiosum
Where does the urethra pass through the prostate?
prostatic section, where the ampullae of the ductus deferens enter on either side of the dorsally located colliculus seminalis.
Where does urethra diameter increase in dogs?
Proximal
How long does it take for urethral mucosa to completely regenerate?
7 days
What portion of urethra is present in cat but not dog?
Preprostatic
What does pre prostatic portion form?
Urethral sphincter
What is the blood supply to the bladder via?
Cranial and caudal vesical arteries
What does the cranial vesicle artery branch from?
Umbilical artery
What does the caudal vesical artery branch from?
Urogenital artery
What is the venous drainage of the bladder?
Internal pudendal vein
What is the blood supply to urethra?
branches of the internal pudendal arteries and veins (urethral, prostatic, penile).
What nerves innervate the bladder and urethra? (3)
- Hypogastric
- Pelvic
- Pudendal
What stimulates β-adrenergic receptors in the bladder wall resulting in detrusor muscle relaxation to allow storage of urine. It also stimulates α-adrenergic receptors in the bladder neck and proximal urethra, causing smooth muscle contraction, preventing urine flow.
Hypogastric nerve
What is stimulated by stretch receptors in the detrusor muscle when the bladder nears capacity and this initiates detrusor contraction. The stretch receptors also depress sympathetic outflow to relax smooth and striated urethral musculature.
Pelvic nerve
What provides somatic innervation to the periurethral striated muscle at the bladder neck (the external urethral sphincter). The muscle is normally in a steady state of contraction and is inhibited during urination?
Pudendal nerve
What are the indications for cystotomy? (6)
- calculi
- Biopsy
- Mass removals
- Repair of trauma
- Surgical treatment of ectopic ureters,
- Investigation of idiopathic renal haematuria
Where is the stay suture placed in the bladder in a cystotomy?
Apex
During a cystotomy which approach has a less risk of damaging the ureter opening?
Ventral