SMALL ANIMAL LAPAROSCOPY AND THORACOSCOPY

Small Animal Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy provides a comprehensive reference to laparoscopy and thoracoscopy, with step-by-step guidance for surgical techniques ranging from basic to advanced.
• Acts as both a quick reference to specific techniques and as a comprehensive resource to small animal laparoscopy and thoracoscopy.
• Guides the reader through each step of the surgical techniques.
• Takes a clinically oriented approach, with tips on safely and quickly performing procedures throughout.
• Part of the Advances in Veterinary Surgery series copublished with the American College of Veterinary Surgeons Foundation.
• Includes access to a companion website with video clips of the procedures described and the figures from the book in PowerPoint.

Authors
• 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).

Table of Contents
• Section I: Laparoscopic Skills
1 Surgeons’ Skills Training 3
2 Minimally Invasive Suturing Techniques 12
• Section II: Equipment
3 Imaging Equipment and Operating Room Setup 31
4 Surgical Instrumentation
4.1 Surgical Instrumentation 41
4.2 Trocars and Cannulas 48
4.3 Miscellaneous Surgical Instrumentation 53
5 Energy Devices and Stapling Equipment 58
6 Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery Devices 65
• Section III: Fundamental Techniques in Laparoscopy
7 Anesthesia Management of Dogs and Cats for Laparoscopy 75
8 Laparoscopic Access Techniques 81
9 The Laparoscopic Working Space: Pneumoperitoneum Techniques and Patient Positioning 88
10 Laparoscopic Contraindications, Complications, and Conversion 93
• Section IV: Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures
11 Diagnostic Laparoscopy of the Gastrointestinal Tract 105
12 Laparoscopic-Assisted Gastrotomy, Enterotomy, Enterectomy, and Anastomosis 113
13 Laparoscopic-Assisted Feeding Tube Placement 120
14 Laparoscopic and Laparoscopic-Assisted Gastropexy Techniques 124
15 Laparoscopic Splenectomy 134
16 Liver Biopsy and Cholecystocentesis 141
17 Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy 149
18 Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy 156
19 Laparoscopic Surgery of the Pancreas 167
20 Laparoscopic Renal Biopsy 179
21 Laparoscopic Ureteronephrectomy 185
22 Laparoscopic-Assisted Nephrolith Removal 192
23 Laparoscopic-Assisted Cystoscopy for Urolith Removal and Mass Resection 195
24 Laparoscopic Ovariectomy and Ovariohysterectomy 207
25 Cryptorchidectomy and Vasectomy 217
26 The Role of Laparoscopy in Cancer Staging 224
27 Diaphragmatic and Inguinal Herniorrhaphy 236
28 Advanced Surgical Platforms: NOTES and Robotic Surgery 243
• Section V: Fundamental Techniques in Thoracoscopy
29 Anesthesia for Thoracoscopy 255
30 Patient Positioning, Port Placement, and Access Techniques for Th oracoscopic Surgery 271
31 Thoracoscopic Contraindications, Complications, and Conversion 277
• Section VI: Thoracoscopic Surgical Procedures
32 Thoracoscopic Lung Biopsy and Lung Lobectomy 287
33 Thoracoscopic Pericardial Window and Subtotal Pericardectomy in Dogs and Cats 294
34 Thoracoscopic Placement of Epicardial Pacemakers 302
35 Right Auricular Mass Resection 307
3 6 Minimally Invasive Treatment of Chylothorax 311
37 Thoracoscopic Treatment of Vascular Ring Anomalies 319
38 Thoracoscopic Mediastinal Mass Resection 325
39 Minimally Invasive Cancer Staging in the Thorax 332