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Description: The nice thing about cystotomies is that they often are very rewarding. You know you are correcting the problem immediately as you start pulling stones out of the urinary bladder. It's a good feeling.
Location: Woodbury, MN
Date Taken: March 31st, 2009 at 8:03 AM
Date Uploaded: July 14th, 2009 at 9:00 AM
Camera: SONY DSC-W70
Aperture: f/2.8
Flash: Flash fired.
Focal Length: 6.3 mm
Exposure Time: 1/50 sec.
Width: 600 px
Height: 450 px
Filesize: 177 kbs
Tags: Urinary Stones Stone Surgery Table Instruments Ammonium Urate Perspective
Tag Category: Ammonium Urate
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Urinary Stones

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John
July 14th, 03:53:44 PM

I wanted to comment on these stones. This is the doctor in me so you can just ignore this comment if you are uninterested. Ammonium urate stones are very rare in cats, although this cat had some. They are commonly caused by liver problems or dietary inconsistencies. Either way, you probably will never see any other feline urinary stones like this... ever :) At least I probably won’t.

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