Advances in Equine Laparoscopy

Description

Part of the Advances in Veterinary Surgery series, copublished with the ACVS Foundation and Wiley-Blackwell, Advances in Equine Laparoscopy presents a state-of-the-art reference on laparoscopic skills and procedures in the horse. Chapters are written by the leading experts in the field, and each section includes a practical review of the published literature. Encompassing instrumentation, basic principles, and specific techniques, Advances in Equine Laparoscopy offers an up-to-date, reliable resource for comprehensive information about equine laparoscopy.

This current, well-referenced text begins with a section on the fundamentals of laparoscopy, then moves into sections on the clinical application of laparoscopic techniques in the standing or recumbent horse. Advances in Equine Laparoscopy is an invaluable guide for equine surgical specialists and equine clinicians interested in laparoscopic techniques.

Features

• Presents a state-of-the-art summary of current knowledge on using laparoscopic techniques on equine patients
• Surveys and condenses the peer-reviewed literature into a highly readable reference
• Offers a thorough, up-to-date grounding in this important technique, allowing clinicians to improve their skills and knowledge
• Written by the leading experts in the field of equine laparoscopy
• Well illustrated to improve understanding of operative procedures
• Includes access to a companion website offering 8 video clips to demonstrate selected techniques

Table of Contents

• Contributors
• Foreword
  John P. Walmsley
• Foreword
  Mark D. Markel, Chair of the Board of Trustees ACVS Foundation
• Preface
• Acknowledgment

Section I Laparoscopic Skills and Instrumentation

• 1 Foundations of Laparoscopy
  John P. Caron
• 2 Fundamental Laparoscopic Skills
  Claude A. Ragle and Boel A. Fransson
• 3 Suturing and Knot-Tying Techniques
  Fabrice Rossignol and Josef Boening
• 4 Fundamentals of Energy Sources
  Scott E. Palmer
• 5 Reusable Equipment
  Christopher J. Chamness
• 6 Disposable Equipment
  John C. Huhn

Section II Laparoscopy in the Standing Horse

• 7 Sedation and Analgesia in the Standing Horse
  Tamara Grubb
• 8 Diagnostic Techniques
  Dean A. Hendrickson
• 9 Evaluation of Horses with Signs of Acute and Chronic Abdominal Pain
  Andreas Klohnen
• 10 Closure of the Nephrosplenic Space
  Michael Rocken
• 11 Adhesiolysis
  Dean A. Hendrickson
• 12 Mesenteric Rent Repair
  Dean A. Hendrickson
• 13 Cryptorchidectomy
  Dwayne H. Rodgerson
• 14 Peritoneal Flap Hernioplasty Technique for Preventing the Recurrence of Acquired Strangulating Inguinal Herniation in the Stallion
  Hans Wilderjans
• 15 Inguinal Hernioplasty Using Cyanoacrylate
  Fabrice Rossignol, Céline Mespoulhes-Rivière, and Josef Boening
• 16 Intersex Gonadectomy
  Donna L. Shettko and Dean A. Hendrickson
• 17 Bilateral Ovariectomy in the Mare
  Claude A. Ragle
• 18 Ovariectomy for the Removal of Large Pathologic Ovaries in Mares
  Hans Wilderjans
• 19 Imbrication of the Mesometrium to Restore Normal, Horizontal Orientation of the Uterus in the Mare
  Palle Brink, Jim Schumacher, and John Schumacher
• 20 Nephrectomy
  Michael Rocken
• 21 Repair of the Ruptured Equine Bladder
  Dean A. Hendrickson
• 22 Equine Thoracoscopy
  John Peroni

Section III Laparoscopy in the Recumbent Horse

• 23 General Anesthesia in the Recumbent Horse
  Tamara Grubb
• 24 Colopexy
  David G. Wilson
• 25 Mesh Incisional Hernioplasty
  John P. Caron
• 26 Cryptorchidectomy
  John P. Caron
• 27 Inguinal Hernioplasty
  Fabrice Rossignol and Josef Boening
• 28 Inguinal Herniorrhaphy in the Foal
  John P. Caron
• 29 Ovariectomy in the Mare
  Ted Fischer
• 30 Ovariohysterectomy in the Mare
  Claude A. Ragle
• 31 Laparoscopic- and Endoscopic-Assisted Removal of Cystic Calculi
  Michael Rocken
• 32 Splenectomy
  Ceri Sherlock and John Peroni
• 33 Hand-Assisted Laparoscopy
  Dwayne H. Rodgerson

• Index

Author

Claude A. Ragle, DVM, DACVS, DABVP (Equine) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington.