Small Animal Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy

Boel A. Fransson, DVM, PhD, DACVS, is Director of the United States' first dedicated veterinary laparoscopic skills training laboratory and is Professor of Small Animal Surgery at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, USA.

Philipp D. Mayhew, BVM&S, MRCVS, DACVS, leads one of the country's most scientifically productive teams in small animal minimally invasive surgery, and is Professor of Small Animal Soft Tissue and Minimally Invasive Surgery at the University of California-Davis in Davis, California, USA.

Contributors,

Foreword by Dr Todd Ponsky

Preface,

Acknowledgments,

About the Companion Website,

History of Small Animal Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy, xiv

Section I: Laparoscopic Skills

1 Surgeons' Skills Training,

Boel A. Fransson, Claude A. Ragle, Chiya Chen

2 Minimally Invasive Suturing Techniques,

Boel A. Fransson and Kyle W. Martin

Section II: Equipment

3 Imaging Equipment and Operating Room Setup,

Fausto Brandao and Christopher Chamness

4 Surgical Instrumentation

4.1 Surgical Instrumentation,

Elizabeth A. Swanson

4.2 Trocars and Cannulas,

Nicole J. Buote

4.3 Miscellaneous Surgical Instrumentation,

Wm. Alexander Fox-Alvarez and Penny Regier

5 Energy Devices and Stapling Equipment,

Sarah Marvel and Eric Monnet

6 Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery Devices,

Christopher Thomson and Jeffrey J. Runge

Section III: Fundamental Techniques in Laparoscopy

7 Anesthesia Management of Dogs and Cats for Laparoscopy,

Marlis L. de Rezende and Khursheed Mama

8 Laparoscopic Access and the working space,

Erin Gibson, Boel A. Fransson and Gilles Dupre

9 Laparoscopic Contraindications, Complications, and Conversion,

Bart Van Goethem and Nikola Katic

Section IV: Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures

10 Diagnostic Laparoscopy of the Gastrointestinal Tract,

Penny J. Regier and J. Brad Case

11 Laparoscopic-Assisted Feeding Tube Placement, Gastrotomy, Enterotomy, and Intestinal Resection and Anastomosis

Penny J. Regier and J. Brad Case

12 Laparoscopic and Laparoscopic-Assisted Gastropexy Techniques,

Ingrid M. Balsa and Jeffrey J. Runge

13 Laparoscopic Treatment of Sliding Hiatal Hernia and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Philipp D. Mayhew, Stanley L. Marks. Rachel Pollard

14 Laparoscopic Splenectomy,

Stephanie L. Shaver and Ameet Singh

15 Laparoscopic Liver Biopsy, Resection, Ablation and Cholecystocentesis,

Ameet Singh, J. Brad Case

16 Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy,

Philipp D. Mayhew, Ameet Singh and Hiroo Kanai

17 Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy,

Philipp D. Mayhew, Felipe J. Lillo Araya, Jolle Kirpensteijn

18 Laparoscopic Surgery of the Pancreas,

Sebastiaan A. van Nimwegen, Floryne O. Buishand, , and Jolle Kirpensteijn

19 Laparoscopic Renal Biopsy,

Ingrid M. Balsa, Carrie Palm

20 Laparoscopic Ureteronephrectomy,

Philipp D. Mayhew and Ameet Singh



21 Transurethral Cystoscopy and Laparoscopic-assisted Cystotomy for Urolith Removal and Mass Resection

Val F. Scharf, Jeffrey J. Runge

22 Laparoscopic Ovariohysterectomy, Ovariectomy and Hysterectomy

Nicole J. Buote, Boel A. Fransson and Kyle W. Martin

23 Laparoscopic Castration and Sterilization Techniques of the Male Dog

Stephane Libermann, Kyle W. Martin and Boel A. Fransson

24 The Role of Laparoscopy in Cancer Staging,

Michele A. Steffey

25 Diaphragmatic and Inguinal Herniorrhaphy,

Mauricio Veloso Brun, Valery F. Scharf, Boel A. Fransson

26 NOTES

Mauricio Veloso Brun and Lynetta Freeman

Section V: Fundamental Techniques in Thoracoscopy

27 Anesthesia for Thoracoscopy,

Peter J. Pascoe and Philipp D. Mayhew

28 Patient Positioning, Port Placement, and Access Techniques for Thoracoscopic Surgery,

Michelle L. Oblak and William T.N. Culp

29 Thoracoscopic anatomy, exploration and diagnostic thoracoscopy

Valery F. Scharf

30 Thoracoscopic Contraindications, Complications, and Conversion,

W. Alex Fox-Alvarez and J. Brad Case

Section VI: Thoracoscopic Surgical Procedures

31 Thoracoscopic and Thoracoscopic-assisted Lung Biopsy and Lung Lobectomy,

Eric Monnet and Jacqui Scott

32 Thoracoscopic Pericardial Window and Subtotal Pericardectomy in Dogs and Cats,

Gilles Dupre and J. Brad Case

33 Thoracoscopic Placement of Epicardial Pacemakers,

Stephane Libermann

34 Right Auricular Mass Resection,

Stephane Libermann, Eric Monnet and J. Brad Case

35 Minimally Invasive Treatment of Chylothorax,

Boel A. Fransson, Ameet Singh, Philipp D. Mayhew

36 Thoracoscopic Treatment of Vascular Ring Anomalies,

Eric Monnet and Ameet Singh

37 Thoracoscopic Mediastinal Mass Resection,

J. Brad Case, W. Alex Fox-Alvarez and William T.N. Culp

38 Minimally Invasive Cancer Staging in the Thorax,

Michele A. Steffey



Section V: Surgery facilitated by Exoscopy

39. Exoscopy in Small Animal Surgery

Tina Owen and Gilles Dupre

Index,