Advances in Equine Laparoscopy

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.

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

"This book is well laid out, easy to navigate and read. It provides comprehensive yet concise and accessible coverage of laparoscopic procedures. Particularly impressive is how the essential information for each surgical procedure is laid out chapter by chapter in a consistent manner." (Australian Veterinary Journal, 25 April 2013)