Table of Contents : Section I - Laparoscopic Skills and Instrumentation p3 1 Foundations of Laparoscopy p5 / John P. Caron 2 Fundamental Laparoscopic Skills p13 / Claude A. Ragle and Boel A. Fransson 3 Suturing and Knot-Tying Techniques p21 / Fabrice Rossignol and Josef Boening 4 Fundamentals of Energy Sources p35 / Scott E. Palmer 5 Reusable Equipment p41 / Christopher J. Chamness 6 Disposable Equipment p57 / John C. Huhn Section II - Laparoscopy in the Standing Horse p69 7 Sedation and Analgesia in the Standing Horse p71 / Tamara Grubb 8 Diagnostic Techniques p83 / Dean A. Hendrickson 9 Evaluation of Horses with Signs of Acute and Chronic Abdominal Pain p93 / Andreas Klohnen 10 Closure of the Nephrosplenic Space p119 / Michael Roecken 11 Adhesiolysis p129 / Dean A. Hendrickson and Kayla Cochran 12 Mesenteric Rent Repair p135 / Dean A. Hendrickson 13 Cryptorchidectomy p139 / Dwayne H. Rodgerson 14 Peritoneal Flap Hernioplasty Technique for Preventing the Recurrence of Acquired Strangulating Inguinal Herniation in the Stallion p149 / Hans Wilderjans 15 Inguinal Hernioplasty Using Cyanoacrylate p161 / Fabrice Rossignol, Céline Mespoulhes-Rivière, and Josef Boening 16 Intersex Gonadectomy p167 / Donna L. Shettko and Dean A. Hendrickson 17 Bilateral Ovariectomy in the Mare p177 / Claude A. Ragle 18 Ovariectomy for the Removal of Large Pathologic Ovaries in Mares p189 / Hans Wilderjans 19 Imbrication of the Mesometrium to Restore Normal, Horizontal Orientation of the Uterus in the Mare p203 / Palle Brink, Jim Schumacher, and John Schumacher 20 Nephrectomy p211 / Michael Roecken 21 Repair of the Ruptured Equine Bladder p221 / Dean A. Hendrickson and Monika Lee 22 Equine Thoracoscopy p229 / John Peroni Section III - Laparoscopy in the Recumbent Horse p239 / 23 General Anesthesia in the Recumbent Horse p241 / Tamara Grubb 24 Colopexy p253 / David G. Wilson 25 Mesh Incisional Hernioplasty p257 / John P. Caron 26 Cryptorchidectomy p267 / John P. Caron 27 Inguinal Hernioplasty p277 / Fabrice Rossignol and Josef Boening 28 Inguinal Herniorrhaphy in the Foal p287 / John P. Caron 29 Ovariectomy in the Mare p295 / Ted Fischer 30 Ovariohysterectomy in the Mare p301 / Claude A. Ragle 31 Laparoscopic- and Endoscopic-Assisted Removal of Cystic Calculi p311 / Michael Roecken 32 Splenectomy p323 / Ceri Sherlock and John Peroni 33 Hand-Assisted Laparoscopy p329 / Dwayne H. Rodgerson Index p335 ----- This book is accompanied by a companion website: www.wiley.com/go/ragle The website includes: Video clips demonstrating selected techniques