Table 28.1 Instrument requirements for inguinal herniorrhaphy in foals Surgical table capable of tilting to 20°–30° Anesthetic machine with positive-pressure ventilator Standard (general) surgery pack Insufflator and CO2 source tubing Light…
Hernia Fixation Devices While the mesh can be secured exclusively with transfascial sutures using conventional materials, a combination of transfascial sutures and hernia fixation devices (tacks or anchors) technically simplifies…
The veterinarian needs to be aware of the possibility of an intersex horse and to use good investigative clinical skills for identification of the intersex horse. In Pennsylvania, two Standardbred…
The first portal is made at the dorsal margin of the internal abdominal oblique muscle (mid tuber coxae level) midway between the last rib and the tuber coxae. After a…
Figure 33.2 The surgeon’s fingers are used (A) to bluntly enlarge an opening into the retroperitoneal space and to separate a kidney from the surrounding retroperitoneal fat, (B) to isolate the…
Figure 27.2 Position of the laparoscopic portals. Figures 27.3 (A,B) Left vaginal ring. Laparoscopic view in dorsal recumbency showing the dissection of the peritoneal flap. Sci, scissors; Pfl, peritoneal flap; Cor, testicular…
Geldings seem to be predisposed as well as horses with a special anatomical shape of the nephrosplenic space (Huskamp & Lopf 1980a; Huskamp 1987; Mariën 2002). The depth of the…
Table 26.1 Instrument requirements for recumbent laparoscopic cryptorchidectomy Surgical table capable of tilting to 20°–30° (or overhead hoist capable of lifting the patient’s hindquarters) Anesthetic machine with positive-pressure ventilator Standard (general)…
Left-Sided Nephrectomy After insufflation with carbon dioxide to an intra-abdominal pressure of 5 mmHg and visualization of the nephrosplenic region, the 5-mm-diameter laparoscopic injection needle is inserted into the instrument portal…
The vaginal ring is identified (Figure 15.2), and the mesorchium and the deferent duct are pulled caudomedially using a Babcock forceps introduced through the most ventral portal, and the sheath…
