The most common indication for Laparoscopy in the dog today
is biopsy of the liver, kidney, pancreas, or masses. Other diagnostic
applications include evaluation of abdominal trauma, bile duct
patency, response to therapy, splenoportography or abnormal
radiographic findings. Laparoscopic surgery is also being performed
currently, including adrenalectomy, gastropexy, hernia repair
and OVH. The most common Small
Animal Laparoscope and associated hand instruments have
a diameter of 5 mm. However, almost any size rigid telescope
may be used for small animal laparoscopy, including the 2.7
mm Multi-Purpose Rigid™ Endoscope
and standard human laparoscopes, which are 10 mm in diameter.
The same instrumentation can be used for Thoracoscopy.
Indications
may include pleural effusion, pericarditis, pleural or pericardial
effusion, mediastinal disease, abnormal radiographs findings,
biopsies and culture. Much excitement has recently centered
around the development of techniques for thoracoscopic pericardial
resection in dogs.
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