List of Contributors ix
Foreword xi
R. Reid Hanson, Chair of the Board of Trustees ACVS Foundation
Preface xiii
Acknowledgment xv
About the Companion Website xvii
Section I Laparoscopic Skills and Instrumentation 1
1 History of Laparoscopy 3
Jose L. Bracamonte and David G. Wilson
2 Fundamental Laparoscopic Skills 13
Claude A. Ragle and Boel A. Fransson
3 Suturing and Knot-Tying Techniques 25
Martin Genton
4 Fundamentals of Energy Sources 39
Rebecca C. McOnie and Eileen S. Hackett
5 Imaging Equipment and the Operating Room 45
Holly L. Stewart, Fausto Brandao, and Jeremiah Easley
6 Instruments 55
Holly L. Stewart, Fausto Brandao, and Jeremiah Easley
Section II Laparoscopy in the Standing Horse 69
7 Sedation and Analgesia in the Standing Horse 71
Tamara Grubb
8 Dietary Approaches to Optimize the Feed Restriction Period before Laparoscopic Surgery in Horses 83
Astrid B.M. Rijkenhuizen and Qendrim Zebeli
9 Laparoscopic Diagnostic Techniques 91
Alice Bertoletti and Dean A. Hendrickson
10 Evaluation of Horses with Signs of Acute and Chronic Abdominal Pain 113
Andreas Klohnen
11 Standing Laparoscopic Exploration of the Small Intestines 141
Andrew Jones
12 Closure of the Nephrosplenic Space 145
Michael Roecken
13 Laparoscopic Foramen Epiploicum Mesh Closure (FEMC) Technique 155
Thomas van Bergen, Peter Wiemer, and Ann Martens
14 Laparoscopic Adhesiolysis 163
Alice Bertoletti and Dean A. Hendrickson
15 Mesenteric Rent Repair 179
Dean A. Hendrickson
16 Standing Cryptorchidectomy 185
Dwayne H. Rodgerson
17 Techniques for Preventing the Recurrence of Acquired Strangulating Inguinal Herniation in the Stallion 195
A. Peritoneal Flap Hernioplasty
Hans Wilderjans
B. Tacked Intraperitoneal Slitted Mesh (TISM)
Hans Wilderjans and Michael Meulyzer
18 Direct Closure of the Vaginal RingUsing Cyanoacrylate and Sutures or Tacks 217
Martin Genton and Fabrice Rossignol
19 Laparoscopic Intersex Gonadectomy 225
Meagan Eickelbeck, Donna L. Shettko, and Dean A. Hendrickson
20 Bilateral Ovariectomy in the Mare 235
Claude A. Ragle
21 Bilateral Ovariectomy as a Treatment for Chronic Pyometra 247
Andrew Jones
22 Ovariectomy for the Removal of Large Pathologic Ovaries in Mares 251
Hans Wilderjans
23 Laparoscopic Imbrication of the Mesometrium to Restore Normal, Horizontal Orientation of the Uterus 265
Palle Brink, Jim Schumacher, and John Schumacher
24 Laparoscopic Repair of Uterine Tears 273
Astrid B.M. Rijkenhuizen
25 Nephrectomy 279
Michael Roecken
26 Standing Laparoscopic Repair of the Ruptured Equine Bladder 289
Dean A. Hendrickson and Monika Lee
27 Ureteral Osteoplasty for Ectopic Ureter 297
Andrew Jones
28 Equine Thoracoscopy 301
John Peroni
29 Thoracoscopic Repair of Diaphragmatic Hernias 311
Alvaro G. Bonilla
Section IIa Two-Stage Procedures 319
30 Laparoscopic-assisted Surgery for Treatment of Extended Septic Funiculitis 321
Michael Roecken
31 Large Granulosa Cell Tumors (Two Stage) 327
Martin Genton and Fabrice Rossignol
32 Laparoscopic-assisted Ovariohysterectomy (Two-step) in the Mare 333
Alvaro G. Bonilla
Section III Laparoscopy in the Recumbent Horse 341
33 General Anesthesia in the Recumbent Horse 343
Tamara Grubb
34 Mesh Incisional Hernioplasty 355
John P. Caron, and Andrew T. Fischer, Jr.
35 Recumbent Cryptorchidectomy 365
Andrew T. Fischer, Jr.
36 Inguinal Hernioplasty 375
Fabrice Rossignol and Josef Boening
37 Ventral Abdominal Approach for Recumbent: Bilateral Laparoscopic Ovariectomy 385
Nicholas P. Hall and Claude A. Ragle
38 Laparoscopic- and Endoscopic-assisted Removal of Cystic Calculi 393
Michael Roecken
39 Hand-assisted Laparoscopy 405
Dwayne H. Rodgerson
Index 413