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
