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cystocentesis

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cystocentesis
puncture of the bladder for the purpose of obtaining an uncontaminated urine sample. Usually performed through the abdominal wall in the suprapubic position. Called also vesicopuncture.
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Cystocentesis. By permission from Ettinger SJ, Feldman E, Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Saunders, 2004


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Urine was collected either as a voided midstream sample or by cystocentesis.
 
 
 
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