Small Animal Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy

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

Foreword by Mark D. Markel

Foreword by Gerald M. Fried

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Companion Website

History of Small Animal Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy

Section I: Laparoscopic Skills

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

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

Section II: Equipment

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

4 Surgical Instrumentation

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

4.2 Trocars and Cannulas
Nicole J. Buote

4.3 Miscellaneous Surgical Instrumentation
Jessica K. Baron and Jeff rey J. Runge

5 Energy Devices and Stapling Equipment
Sarah Marvel and Eric Monnet

6 Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery Devices
Jeffrey J. Runge

Section III: Fundamental Techniques in Laparoscopy

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

8 Laparoscopic Access Techniques
Gilles Dupre

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

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

Section IV: Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures

11 Diagnostic Laparoscopy of the Gastrointestinal Tract
J. Brad Case

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

13 Laparoscopic-Assisted Feeding Tube Placement
J. Brad Case

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

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

16 Liver Biopsy and Cholecystocentesis
Ameet Singh

17 Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Philipp D. Mayhew and Ameet Singh

18 Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy
Philipp D. Mayhew and Jolle Kirpensteijn

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

20 Laparoscopic Renal Biopsy
Keith Richter and Sheri Ross

21 Laparoscopic Ureteronephrectomy
Philipp D. Mayhew

22 Laparoscopic-Assisted Nephrolith Removal
Eric Monnet

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

24 Laparoscopic Ovariectomy and Ovariohysterectomy
Nicole J. Buote

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

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

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

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

Section V: Fundamental Techniques in Thoracoscopy

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

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

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

Section VI: Thoracoscopic Surgical Procedures

32 Thoracoscopic Lung Biopsy and Lung Lobectomy
Eric Monnet

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

34 Thoracoscopic Placement of Epicardial Pacemakers
Stephane Libermann

35 Right Auricular Mass Resection
Stephane Libermann and Eric Monnet

36 Minimally Invasive Treatment of Chylothorax
MaryAnn Radlinsky

37 Thoracoscopic Treatment of Vascular Ring Anomalies
Eric Monnet

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

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

Index