Dorsally recumbent female equine urogenital endoscopic surgery.
The ventral abdominal approach for laparoscopy is versatile. Reported techniques using a ventral approach in the mare include bilateral ovariectomy and granulosa cell tumor removal. Laparoscopic ovariectomy is performed by way of four instrument portals in the caudoventral aspect of the insufflated abdomen. The procedure has several advantages over the traditional approaches of colpotomy and celiotomy, including tension-free closure of all incisions and minimal invasiveness.
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-6610, USA. ragle@vetmed.wsu.edu
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D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D052776:Female Urogenital Diseases / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D006106:Granulosa Cell Tumor / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006736:Horses / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary; D010052:Ovariectomy / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D018579:Patient Selection; D016683:Supine Position