Small Animal Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy

Small Animal Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy provides a comprehensive reference to laparoscopy and thoracoscopy, with step-by-step guidance for surgical techniques ranging from basic to advanced. 

• Acts as both a quick reference to specific techniques and as a comprehensive resource to small animal laparoscopy and thoracoscopy
• Guides the reader through each step of the surgical techniques
• Takes a clinically oriented approach, with tips on safely and quickly performing procedures throughout
• Part of the Advances in Veterinary Surgery series copublished with the American College of Veterinary Surgeons Foundation
• Includes access to a companion website with video clips of the procedures described and the figures from the book in PowerPoint

Boel A. Fransson, DVM, PhD, DACVS, is an associate professor in small animal surgery at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, USA and past president of the Veterinary Endoscopy Society (2011-2013).

Philipp D. Mayhew, BVM&S, DACVS, is an associate professor of small surgery at the University of California at Davis in Davis, California, USA, and president-elect of Veterinary Endoscopy Society (2016-2017).

Contributors vii

Foreword by Mark D. Markel ix

Foreword by Gerald M. Fried x

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xii

About the Companion Website xiii

History of Small Animal Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy xiv

Section I: Laparoscopic Skills

1 Surgeons’ Skills Training 3
Boel A. Fransson, Heather A. Towle Millard, and Claude A. Ragle

2 Minimally Invasive Suturing Techniques 12
Boel A. Fransson and John C. Huhn

Section II: Equipment

3 Imaging Equipment and Operating Room Setup 31
Fausto Brandão and Christopher Chamness

4 Surgical Instrumentation

4.1 Surgical Instrumentation 41
Elizabeth A. Swanson and Heather A. Towle Millard

4.2 Trocars and Cannulas 48
Nicole J. Buote

4.3 Miscellaneous Surgical Instrumentation 53
Jessica K. Baron and Jeffrey J. Runge

5 Energy Devices and Stapling Equipment 58
Sarah Marvel and Eric Monnet

6 Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery Devices 65
Jeffrey J. Runge

Section III: Fundamental Techniques in Laparoscopy

7 Anesthesia Management of Dogs and Cats for Laparoscopy 75
Khursheed Mama and Marlis L. de Rezende

8 Laparoscopic Access Techniques 81
Gilles Dupre

9 The Laparoscopic Working Space: Pneumoperitoneum Techniques and Patient Positioning 88
Boel A. Fransson

10 Laparoscopic Contraindications, Complications, and Conversion 93
Nicole J. Buote and Janet Kovak McClaran

Section IV: Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures

11 Diagnostic Laparoscopy of the Gastrointestinal Tract 105
J. Brad Case

12 Laparoscopic-Assisted Gastrotomy, Enterotomy, Enterectomy, and Anastomosis 113
J. Brad Case and Gary W. Ellison

13 Laparoscopic-Assisted Feeding Tube Placement 120
J. Brad Case

14 Laparoscopic and Laparoscopic-Assisted Gastropexy Techniques 124
Kayla M. Corriveau, Jeffrey J. Runge, and Clarence A. Rawlings

15 Laparoscopic Splenectomy 134
Stephanie L. Shaver and Philipp D. Mayhew

16 Liver Biopsy and Cholecystocentesis 141
Ameet Singh

17 Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy 149
Philipp D. Mayhew and Ameet Singh

18 Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy 156
Philipp D. Mayhew and Jolle Kirpensteijn

19 Laparoscopic Surgery of the Pancreas 167
Floryne O. Buishand, Sebastiaan A. van Nimwegen, and Jolle Kirpensteijn

20 Laparoscopic Renal Biopsy 179
Keith Richter and Sheri Ross

21 Laparoscopic Ureteronephrectomy 185
Philipp D. Mayhew

22 Laparoscopic-Assisted Nephrolith Removal 192
Eric Monnet

23 Laparoscopic-Assisted Cystoscopy for Urolith Removal and Mass Resection 195
Chloe Wormser, Jeffrey J. Runge, and Clarence A. Rawlings

24 Laparoscopic Ovariectomy and Ovariohysterectomy 207
Nicole J. Buote

25 Cryptorchidectomy and Vasectomy 217
Katie C. Kennedy and Boel A. Fransson

26 The Role of Laparoscopy in Cancer Staging 224
Michele A. Steffey

27 Diaphragmatic and Inguinal Herniorrhaphy 236
Eric Monnet and Boel A. Fransson

28 Advanced Surgical Platforms: NOTES and Robotic Surgery 243
Lynetta Freeman and Heather A. Towle Millard

Section V: Fundamental Techniques in Thoracoscopy

29 Anesthesia for Thoracoscopy 255
Peter J. Pascoe and Philipp D. Mayhew

30 Patient Positioning, Port Placement, and Access Techniques for Th oracoscopic Surgery 271
Philipp D. Mayhew and William T.N. Culp

31 Thoracoscopic Contraindications, Complications, and Conversion 277
J. Brad Case and Jeffrey J. Runge

Section VI: Thoracoscopic Surgical Procedures

32 Thoracoscopic Lung Biopsy and Lung Lobectomy 287
Eric Monnet

33 Thoracoscopic Pericardial Window and Subtotal Pericardectomy in Dogs and Cats 294
Gilles Dupre

34 Thoracoscopic Placement of Epicardial Pacemakers 302
Stephane Libermann

35 Right Auricular Mass Resection 307
Stephane Libermann and Eric Monnet

3 6 Minimally Invasive Treatment of Chylothorax 311
MaryAnn Radlinsky

37 Thoracoscopic Treatment of Vascular Ring Anomalies 319
Eric Monnet

38 Thoracoscopic Mediastinal Mass Resection 325
William T.N. Culp and Geraldine B. Hunt

39 Minimally Invasive Cancer Staging in the Thorax 332
Michele A. Steffey

Index 345

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