Table of Contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• EDITORS
• CONTRIBUTORS
• FOREWORD
• INTRODUCTION
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• Section I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES
• 1. HISTORY OF VETERINARY MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY
• Beagle ovariohysterectomy model
• Open approach to the abdomen
• Trocar and clip applier testing
• Expansion of preclinical research and development
• Early knowledge dissemination
• Early clinical application
• Veterinary Endoscopy Society
• Advances in education
• Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES)
• Single-incision laparoscopic surgery
• Future of minimally invasive surgery in animals
• 2. LOW-IMPACT SURGERY
• 3. EQUIPMENT FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY
• Imaging systems
• Light sources
• Light transmitting cables
• Camera control units and camera heads
• Insufflators
• Documentation units
• Surgical monitors
• Instrumentation
• Electrosurgery units and vessel-sealing technology
• Accessory devices
• Surgical tables and racks
• Other accessory units and devices for laparoscopy and thoracoscopy
• 4. OPERATING ROOM AND HYGIENE MEASURES
• Considerations for a minimally invasive operating room
• Basic ergonomic considerations
• Operating room checklist
• Preparation for open surgery
• Hybrid rooms
• Hygiene measures
• Cleaning of hands
• 5. ERGONOMICS IN LAPAROSCOPY AND THORACOSCOPY
• Domains of ergonomics
• Operating room setup
• Factors linked to musculoskeletal disorders
• 6. PRINCIPLES OF TRIANGULATION IN LAPAROSCOPY AND THORACOSCOPY
• Mechanical constraints
• Visual restrictions
• Optimal position of the rigid endoscope (T1)
• Optimal position of operative instruments (T2, T3)
• Relationship between the endoscope and the working instruments
• 7. SINGLE-INCISION (SINGLE-PORT) LAPAROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE
• Principles of single-port surgery
• Instrumentation
• Optics
• Single-port access methods
• Equipment-specific access methods
• A. Insertion techniques for specifically manufactured single‐port devices
• B. Insertion technique of standard trocars for single‐port entry
• C. Innovative adaptations of existing equipment
• 8. LAPAROSCOPIC INTRACORPOREAL AND EXTRACORPOREAL SUTURING
• Ergonomics
• Instruments and equipment
• Training in laparoscopic suturing
• Suture materials
• Types and patterns of laparoscopic suturing
• Laparoscopic intracorporeal suturing
• Laparoscopic extracorporeal suturing
• Additional suturing and knot tying techniques
• Robotic, articulated, and mechanical devices
• How many turns and throws do I need? Knot security in laparoscopic surgery
• What is the best knotting configuration?
• 9. LEARNING AND ADVANCING MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY SKILLS
• Basic psychomotor skills
• Laparoscopic entry and basic procedure practice
• Performing basic procedures in live animals
• Advanced procedure training
• 10. INDOCYANINE GREEN INITIAL APPLICATIONS OF FLUORESCENCE-GUIDED SURGERY
• Fundamentals of NIR/ICG
• Imaging technology
• Procedure principles
• Clinical applications
• Case examples
• Section II. LAPAROSCOPY
• 11. ANESTHESIA IN LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY
• Anesthetic management
• Postoperative management
• Complications
• Clinical cases
• 11.1 Hypotension and bradycardia at pneumoperitoneum induction in a female dog
• 12. PATIENT POSITIONING, ACCESS, PORT PLACEMENT, AND PNEUMOPERITONEUM IN LAPAROSCOPY
• Patient positioning
• Laparoscopic access and port placement
• Pneumoperitoneum
• 13. COMPLICATIONS IN LAPAROSCOPY
• Anatomical knowledge
• Closed entry with the Veress needle technique
• Open entry techniques
• Laparoscopic access complications
• Intraoperative complications and conversion to open techniques
• Postoperative complications
• 14. EXPLORATORY AND DIAGNOSTIC LAPAROSCOPY
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• Port placement
• A. Abdominal exploration
• B. Liver and gallbladder evaluation and biopsy
• C. Kidney and adrenal gland evaluation and biopsy
• D. Pancreas evaluation and biopsy
• E. Spleen evaluation and biopsy
• F. Lymph node evaluation and biopsy
• G. Gastrointestinal tract evaluation and biopsy
• Postoperative management
• Clinical cases
• 14.1 Cisterna chyli ablation
• 14.2 Laparoscopic intraperitoneal foreign body retrieval (two-port technique)
• 14.3 Laparoscopic exploration in a cat
• 14.4 Laparoscopic treatment of hemoabdomen
• 14.5 Minimally invasive abdominal approach to subcostal foreign body removal
• 14.6 Laparoscopic repositioning of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter
• 14.7 Laparoscopic liver biopsy
• 15. LAPAROSCOPIC OVARIECTOMY
• Described surgical procedures
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• A. Two-port ovariectomy
• B. Three-port ovariectomy
• C. Single-port laparoscopic ovariectomy
• Postoperative management
• Clinical cases
• 15.1 Ovariectomy by transvaginal total NOTES
• 15.2 Two-port laparoscopic ovariectomy in the cat
• 15.3 Laparoscopic ovariectomy in a dog with type III sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis
• 15.4 Laparoscopic ovariectomy in large- and giant-breed dogs
• 15.5 Two-port laparoscopic ovariectomy without ovary suspension suture in a female dog
• 15.6 Laparoscopic ovariectomy in an African lioness (Panthera leo) using a single-port multiple-access device
• 15.7 LESS ovariectomy using a simple handmade access device
• 16. LAPAROSCOPY FOR OVARIAN REMNANT SYNDROME
• Described surgical procedures
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• Port placement
• Procedure
• Postoperative management
• Clinical cases
• 16.1 Ovarian remnant syndrome after laparoscopic ovariectomy in a cat
• 16.2 Ovarian remnant syndrome in a dog
• 17. LAPAROSCOPIC OVARIOHYSTERECTOMY
• Described surgical procedures
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• A. Two-port ovariohysterectomy
• B. Three-port ovariohysterectomy
• Laparoscopic ovariohysterectomy for ovarian or uterine pathologies
• Postoperative management
• 18. LAPAROSCOPIC CRYPTORCHIDECTOMY
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• A. Two-port laparoscopic cryptorchidectomy
• B. Single-port laparoscopic cryptorchidectomy
• Postoperative management
• Clinical cases
• 18.1 Testicular torsion in a cryptorchid dog
• 18.2 Laparoscopic cryptorchidectomy
• 19. LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED CYSTOSCOPY AND PERCUTANEOUS SUPRAPUBIC CYSTOSCOPY
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• A. Laparoscopic-assisted cystoscopy
• B. Percutaneous suprapubic cystoscopy or percutaneous cystolithotomy (PCCL)
• C. Single-port percutaneous cystolithotomy
• Postoperative management
• Clinical cases
• 19.1 Percutaneous cystoscopic cystolithotomy in a Yorkshire Terrier
• 19.2 Laparoscopic-assisted cystostomy in a Chihuahua
• 20. LAPAROSCOPIC CYSTOTOMY
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• Port placement
• Procedure
• Postoperative management
• 21. LAPAROSCOPIC CYSTOPEXY
• Described surgical procedures
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• Port placement
• Procedure
• Postoperative management
• 22. LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED VASOPEXY
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Three-port laparoscopic-assisted vasopexy
• Postoperative management
• Clinical cases
• 22.1 Laparoscopic reversible neutering in a dog
• 23. LAPAROSCOPIC URETERONEPHRECTOMY
• Described surgical procedures
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• Port placement
• Procedure
• Postoperative management
• Clinical cases
• 23.1 Laparoscopic omentalization of a renal cyst
• 23.2 Laparoscopic perinephric pseudocyst resection
• 23.3 Laparoscopic renal cyst deroofing, fulguration, and omentalization
• 24. CURRENT CONCEPTS IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE NEPHROLITHOTOMY
• Described surgical procedures
• Patient selection
• Equipment
• Operating room layout
• Modified surgical-assisted nephrolithotomy technique
• Postoperative management
• Clinical cases
• 24.1 Nephron-sparing nephrotomy to remove large uroliths in dogs
• 24.2 Nephron-sparing nephrotomy for the treatment of Dioctophyme renale parasitosis
• 25. LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH TO URETEROLITHIASIS
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• Port placement
• Procedure
• Postoperative management
• Clinical cases
• 25.1 Ureterotomy for stone removal
• 26. LAPAROSCOPIC NEOURETEROCYSTOSTOMY
• Described surgical procedures
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• Port placement
• Procedure
• Postoperative management
• Clinical cases
• 26.1 Laparoscopy-assisted cutaneous ureterostomy (LACU) in a canine patient with prostatic carcinoma
• 27. LAPAROSCOPIC ARTIFICIAL URETHRAL SPHINCTER (AUS) IMPLANTATION
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• Port placement
• Procedure
• Postoperative management
• 28. LAPAROSCOPIC PROSTATECTOMY
• Described surgical procedures
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• Port placement
• Procedure
• Postoperative management
• 29. LAPAROSCOPIC OMENTALIZATION OF PARAPROSTATIC CYSTS
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• Port placement
• Procedure
• Postoperative management
• Clinical cases
• 29.1 Omentalization of a prostatic abscess
• 29.2 Omentalization of a paraprostatic cyst in a dog
• 30. LAPAROSCOPIC GASTROPEXY AND LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED GASTROPEXY
• Described surgical procedures
• A. Intracorporeal laparoscopic gastropexy I
• B. Intracorporeal laparoscopic gastropexy II
• C. Laparoscopic-assisted gastropexy
• D. Single-port laparoscopic-assisted incisional gastropexy
• Postoperative management
• Clinical cases
• 30.1 Total laparoscopic sutureless gastropexy with absorbable straps in dogs
• 30.2 Intracorporeally sutured laparoscopic gastropexy using an abdominal wall incision made at right angles to the rotation direction of the suturing needle
• 30.3 Laparoscopic gastropexy in a dog
• 30.4 Total laparoscopic gastropexy (two-port technique using Endostitch)
• 30.5 Treatment of lower esophageal sphincter incompetence in a cat using total laparoscopic gastropexy
• 31. LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED GASTROTOMY
• Patient preparation and positioning
• A. Two-port laparoscopic-assisted gastrotomy
• B. Single-port laparoscopic-assisted gastrotomy
• Postoperative management
• 32. SINGLE-PORT LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED INTESTINAL SURGERY
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• Port placement
• Procedure
• Postoperative management
• 33. LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED COLOPEXY
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• A. Two-port laparoscopic-assisted colopexy
• B. Three-port laparoscopic-assisted colopexy and vasopexy
• Postoperative management
• Clinical cases
• 33.1 Totally laparoscopic colopexy in a cat
• 33.2 Laparoscopic colopexy and ovariectomy in a dog
• 34. LAPAROSCOPIC LIVER SURGERY
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• A. Right medial hepatectomy in a cat using a bipolar sealing device
• B. Laparoscopic partial left lateral hepatectomy
• C. Laparoscopic partial left medial hepatectomy
• Postoperative management
• Clinical cases
• 34.1 Laparoscopic excisional liver biopsy in a dog
• 34.2 Laparoscopic excision of a hepatic cyst and omentopexy in a Persian cat
• 35. LAPAROSCOPIC MICROWAVE ABLATION OF THE LIVER
• Described surgical procedures
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• Port placement
• Procedure
• Postoperative management
• 36. LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• Port placement
• Procedure
• A. Dissection from the cystic duct
• B. Dissection from the apex of the gallbladder
• C. Intraoperative cholangiogram
• Postoperative management
• Clinical cases
• 36.1 Single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy technique in dogs
• 36.2 Laparoscopic cholecystectomy and intraoperative bile duct flushing for extrahepatic biliary obstruction in a dog
• 36.3 Cholecystectomy and bile duct flushing
• 36.4 Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a dog using the subserosal layer dissection technique
• 36.5 Cholecystectomy
• 36.6 Cholecystectomy by three-port access and “cold” dissection
• 36.7 Cholecystectomy in a dog
• 36.8 Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a dog
• 36.9 Fundus-first cholecystectomy
• 37. LAPAROSCOPIC TREATMENT OF EXTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT
• A. Laparoscopic treatment of extrahepatic portosystemic shunt with cellophane band
• B. Laparoscopic treatment of extrahepatic portosystemic shunt with ameroid constrictor
• Clinical cases
• 37.1 Splenocaval shunt
• 37.2 Laparoscopic attenuation of a splenophrenic shunt in a dog
• 37.3 Laparoscopic attenuation of a splenocaval shunt in a dog
• 37.4 Laparoscopic attenuation of a left intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in a cat
• 37.5 Laparoscopic portosystemic shunt attenuation in a dog
• 38. LAPAROSCOPIC PANCREATIC SURGERY
• Described surgical procedures
• A. Three-port pancreatic biopsy
• B. Three-port excision of pancreatic lesions, excluding lesions in the distal left pancreatic lobe
• C. Three-port excision of pancreatic lesions in the distal left pancreatic lobe
• D. Laparoscopic approach for insulinoma going beyond the pancreas
• Postoperative management
• Clinical cases
• 38.1 Pancreatectomy in a case of insulinoma
• 38.2 Laparoscopic right lateral pancreatic lobectomy in a dog
• 38.3 Laparoscopic omentalization of a pancreatic cyst in a cat
• 39. LAPAROSCOPIC SPLENECTOMY
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• Port placement
• A. Multiport laparoscopic splenectomy
• B. Single-incision laparoscopic splenectomy
• C. Laparoscopic-assisted splenectomy
• D. Hand-assisted splenectomy
• Postoperative management
• Clinical cases
• 39.1 Laparoscopic splenectomy in a small dog
• 39.2 Splenectomy
• 39.3 Laparoscopic splenectomy for hemangiosarcoma
• 40. LAPAROSCOPIC ADRENALECTOMY
• Endocrine testing
• Diagnostic imaging
• Described surgical procedures
• A. Adrenalectomy in sternal recumbency
• B. Adrenalectomy in lateral recumbency
• Postoperative management
• C. Retroperitoneal adrenalectomy
• Clinical cases
• 40.1 Right laparoscopic adrenalectomy
• 40.2 Laparoscopic right adrenalectomy for adrenal adenocarcinoma in a dog
• 40.3 Right adrenalectomy in a Yorkshire Terrier dog
• 40.4 Left adrenalectomy in a dog
• 40.5 Laparoscopic right adrenalectomy
• 41. LAPAROSCOPIC DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIORRHAPHY
• Described surgical procedures
• A. Three-port laparoscopic diaphragmatic herniorrhaphy
• B. Three-port gasless laparoscopic diaphragmatic herniorrhaphy
• Postoperative management
• Clinical cases
• 41.1 Diaphragmatic hernia in a cat
• 42. LAPAROSCOPIC HIATAL HERNIORRHAPHY
• Described surgical procedures
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• Port placement
• Procedure
• Postoperative management
• 43. LAPAROSCOPIC INGUINAL HERNIORRHAPHY
• Described surgical procedures
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• Port placement
• Procedure
• Postoperative management
• Clinical cases
• 43.1 Laparoscopic-assisted percutaneous herniorrhaphy in dogs using the PIRS technique and laparoscopic ovariectomy
• 43.2 Laparoscopic-assisted percutaneous inguinal herniorrhaphy
• 44. LAPAROSCOPIC PERINEAL HERNIORRHAPHY
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• Port placement
• Procedure
• Postoperative management
• 45. LAPAROSCOPIC PERITONEOPERICARDIAL HERNIORRHAPHY
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• Port placement
• Procedure
• Postoperative management
• Clinical cases
• 45.1 Laparoscopic treatment of peritoneal-pericardial diaphragmatic hernia in a puppy dog
• 45.2 Laparoscopic repair of pericardial diaphragmatic hernia in a dog
• Section III. THORACOSCOPY
• 46. ANESTHESIA IN THORACOSCOPY
• Indications for thoracoscopic procedures
• Patient selection
• Preoperative work-up
• Patient stabilization
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Anesthesia
• Analgesia
• Visualization of the surgical field and lung separation
• Pathophysiology of one-lung ventilation
• Management of ventilation
• Complications during one-lung ventilation
• Monitoring
• Postoperative complications
• Postoperative management
• 47. PATIENT POSITIONING, ACCESS, AND PORT PLACEMENT IN THORACOSCOPY
• Patient positioning
• Thoracoscopic access and port placement
• 48. CONTRAINDICATIONS AND COMPLICATIONS IN THORACOSCOPY
• Strategic avoidance of complications
• Most frequent complications
• Monitoring for complications
• 49. EXPLORATORY AND DIAGNOSTIC THORACOSCOPY
• A. Thoracoscopic exploration
• B. Thoracic biopsy
• Postoperative management
• Clinical cases
• 49.1 Thoracoscopy in combination with digestive endoscopy for the diagnosis of intrathoracic neoformations
• 49.2 Gunshot wound to the chest cavity in a dog
• 50. THORACOSCOPIC PERICARDIECTOMY
• A. Pericardial window in dorsal recumbency
• B. Pericardial window in lateral recumbency
• C. Subtotal pericardiectomy
• Postoperative management
• Clinical cases
• 50.1 Two-port thoracoscopic pericardiectomy as a novel technique in flat-chested dogs with reduced thoracic working spaces
• 50.2 Thoracoscopic subphrenic (subtotal) pericardiectomy
• 51. THORACOSCOPIC THORACIC DUCT LIGATION FOR TREATMENT OF CHYLOTHORAX
• Described surgical procedures
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• Port placement
• Procedure
• Postoperative management
• Clinical cases
• 51.1 Bilateral en bloc thoracic duct ligation in combination with pericardiectomy by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for idiopathic chylothorax in a dog
• 51.2 Thoracoscopic thoracic duct ligation for idiopathic chylothorax
• 51.3 Thoracic duct ligation and pericardiectomy in a cat with chylothorax
• 51.4 Thoracoscopic thoracic duct ligation and methylene blue coloration of mesenteric lymph nodes to confirm occlusion
• 51.5 Endoscopic-assisted surgery for idiopathic chylothorax in a domestic shorthair cat
• 51.6 Chylothorax associated with a peritoneopericardial diaphragmatic hernia in a dog
• 52. THORACOSCOPIC APPROACH TO THE MANAGEMENT OF PYOTHORAX
• Operating room layout
• Port placement
• Procedure
• Postoperative management
• 53. THORACOSCOPIC LUNG LOBECTOMY
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• A. Thoracoscopic lung lobectomy
• B. Thoracoscopically assisted lung lobectomy
• Postoperative management
• Clinical cases
• 53.1 Hilar lung lobectomy
• 53.2 Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery pulmonary lobectomy
• 53.3 Thoracoscopic lung lobectomy for lung lobe torsion
• 53.4 Thoracoscopic lobectomy of the right middle lung lobe in a dog
• 54. THORACOSCOPIC APPROACH TO VASCULAR RING ANOMALIES
• Described surgical procedures
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• Port placement
• Procedure
• Postoperative management
• Clinical cases
• 54.1 Thoracoscopic approach combined with esophagoscopy for the surgical correction of a persistent right aortic arch
• 55. THORACOSCOPIC APPROACH TO MEDIASTINAL MASS EXCISION
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• Port placement
• Procedure
• Postoperative management
• Clinical cases
• 55.1 Thoracoscopic mediastinal lymph node excision
• 55.2 Thoracoscopic treatment in a cat with thymoma-associated exfoliative dermatitis
• 55.3 Thoracoscopic resection of a cranial mediastinal mass in a dog
• 55.4 Thoracoscopic excision of a mediastinal ectopic thyroid carcinoma
• 56. THORACOSCOPIC AURICULECTOMY
• Described surgical procedures
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• Port placement
• Procedure
• Postoperative management
• Clinical cases
• 56.1 Thoracoscopic right auricular tumor excision using a four-port technique
• 56.2 Surgical variation on auricular mass removal technique
• 57. THORACOSCOPIC FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL
• Diagnosis
• Preoperative considerations
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• Port placement
• Procedure
• Postoperative management
• 58. THORACOSCOPIC PLACEMENT OF EPICARDIAL PACEMAKERS
• Patient preparation and positioning
• Operating room layout
• Port placement
• Procedure
• Postoperative management
• 59. THORACOSCOPIC-ASSISTED PLEURAL PORT PLACEMENT
• A. Pleural port placement following pericardiectomy
• B. Pleural port placement for the management of malignant thoracic effusion
• Postoperative management
• Clinical cases
• 59.1 Pleural port implantation for the management of malignant pleural effusion due to metastatic mammary carcinoma in a dog
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