Table of Contents

Contributors, xi

Foreword by Dr Todd Ponsky, ix

Foreword by Dr Randy Basinger, x

Preface, xi

Acknowledgment, xiii

About the Companion Website, xiv

History of Small Animal Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy, xv

Section I: Laparoscopic Skills

1 Surgeons' Skills Training, 3
Boel A. Fransson, Claude A. Ragle, Chiya Chen

2 Minimally Invasive Suturing Techniques, 12
Boel A. Fransson and Kyle W. Martin

Section II: Equipment

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

4 Surgical Instrumentation, 44

4.1 Surgical Instrumentation, 45
Elizabeth A. Swanson

4.2 Trocars and Cannulas, 52
Nicole J. Buote

4.3 Miscellaneous Surgical Instrumentation, 58
W. Alex Fox-Alvarez and Penny Regier

5 Energy Devices and Stapling Equipment, 64
Sarah Marvel and Eric Monnet

6 Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery Devices, 73
Chris Thomson and Jeffrey J. Runge

Section III: Fundamental Techniques in Laparoscopy

7 Anesthesia Management of Dogs and Cats for Laparoscopy, 83
Marlis L. de Rezende and Khursheed Mama

8 Laparoscopic Access and the working space, 92
Erin Gibson, Boel A. Fransson and Gilles Dupre

9 Laparoscopic Contraindications, Complications, and Conversion, 106
Bart Van Goethem and Nikola Katic

Section IV: Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures

10 Diagnostic Laparoscopy of the Gastrointestinal Tract, 125
Penny J. Regier and J. Brad Case

11 Laparoscopic-Assisted Feeding Tube Placement, Gastrotomy, Enterotomy, and Intestinal Resection and Anastomosis, 135
Penny J. Regier and J. Brad Case

12 Laparoscopic and Laparoscopic-Assisted Gastropexy Techniques, 147
Ingrid M. Balsa and Jeffrey J. Runge

13 Laparoscopic Treatment of Sliding Hiatal Hernia and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, 156
Philipp D. Mayhew, Stanley L. Marks. Rachel E. Pollard

14 Laparoscopic Splenectomy, 165
Stephanie L. Shaver and Ameet Singh

15 Laparoscopic Liver Biopsy, Resection, Ablation, and Cholecystocentesis, 173
Ameet Singh, J. Brad Case

16 Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, 186
Philipp D. Mayhew, Ameet Singh and Hiroo Kanai

17 Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy, 199
Philipp D. Mayhew, Felipe J. Lillo Araya, Jolle Kirpensteijn

18 Laparoscopic Surgery of the Pancreas, 214
Sebastiaan A. van Nimwegen, Floryne O. Buishand, and Jolle Kirpensteijn

19 Laparoscopic Renal Biopsy, 226
Ingrid M. Balsa, Carrie Palm

20 Laparoscopic Ureteronephrectomy, 233
Philipp D. Mayhew and Ameet Singh

21 Transurethral Cystoscopy and Laparoscopic-Assisted Cystotomy for Urolith Removal and Mass Resection, 241
Valery F. Scharf, Jeffrey J. Runge

22 Laparoscopic Ovariohysterectomy, Ovariectomy, and Hysterectomy, 254
Nicole J. Buote and Boel A. Fransson

23 Laparoscopic Castration and Sterilization Techniques of the Male Dog, 267
Stephane Libermann, Kyle W. Martin and Boel A. Fransson

24 The Role of Laparoscopy in Cancer Staging, 276
Michele A. Steffey

25 Diaphragmatic and Inguinal Herniorrhaphy, 289
Mauricio Veloso Brun, Valery F. Scharf, Boel A. Fransson

26 Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery: Notes, 300
Mauricio Veloso Brun and Lynetta Freeman

Section V: Fundamental Techniques in Thoracoscopy

27 Anesthesia for Thoracoscopy, 311
Peter J. Pascoe and Philipp D. Mayhew

28 Patient Positioning, Port Placement, and Access Techniques for Thoracoscopic Surgery, 328
Michelle L. Oblak and William T. N. Culp

29 Thoracoscopic Anatomy, Exploration, and Diagnostic Thoracoscopy, 335
Valery F. Scharf

30 Thoracoscopic Contraindications, Complications, and Conversion, 345
W. Alex Fox-Alvarez and J. Brad Case

Section VI: Thoracoscopic Surgical Procedures

31 Thoracoscopic and Thoracoscopic-Assisted Lung Biopsy and Lung Lobectomy, 357
Eric Monnet and Jacqui Scott

32 Thoracoscopic Pericardial Window and Subtotal Pericardectomy in Dogs and Cats, 367
Gilles Dupre and J. Brad Case

33 Thoracoscopic Placement of Epicardial Pacemakers, 376
Stephane Libermann

34 Right Auricular Mass Resection, 381
Stephane Libermann, Eric Monnet and J. Brad Case

35 Minimally Invasive Treatment of Chylothorax, 385
Boel A. Fransson, Ameet Singh, Philipp D. Mayhew

36 Thoracoscopic Treatment of Vascular Ring Anomalies, 400
Eric Monnet and Ameet Singh

37 Thoracoscopic Mediastinal Mass Resection, 407
J. Brad Case, W. Alex Fox-Alvarez and William T. N. Culp

38 Minimally Invasive Cancer Staging in the Thorax, 415
Michele A. Steffey

Section VII: Surgery facilitated by Exoscopy

39 Exoscopy in Small Animal Surgery, 429
Tina Owen and Gilles Dupre

Index, 439

About the Author

THE EDITORS
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.