title: Laparoscopic cryptorchidectomy and ovariectomy in standing horses using the EnSeal® tissue-sealing device.
abstract: In the present series of cases, 8 laparoscopic cryptorchidectomies and 4 laparoscopic ovariectomies were carried out in sedated standing horses. Sedation involved a lesser anaesthesiological risk than does general anaesthesia. As compared to laparotomic exposure, the minimally invasive laparoscopic intervention provided better visualisation, shorter operative time and faster recovery. The blood vessels supplying the testes and ovaries and the suspensory ligaments of the organs were sealed and cut with EnSeal®, an adaptive bipolar electrosurgical blood vessel- and tissue-sealing device. The clinical use of the blood vessel- and tissue-sealing device proved to be successful in all cases. Gradual separation of the intact tissue from the treated, compacted, dehydrated and homogenised tissue areas and occlusion of the lumen of blood vessels treated with the device could be observed in all histological sections. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the use of EnSeal® for laparoscopic cryptorchidectomy and ovariectomy in horses.
authors.affiliation: Szent István University Department and Clinic of Surgery and Ophthalmology, Budapest, Hungary. Dunay.Miklos.Pal@aotk.szie.hu
authors.forename: Miklós Pál
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Dunay
authors.forename: Tibor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Németh
authors.forename: Zita
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Makra
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Izing
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bodó
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D004598:Electrosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006736:Horses; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000662:veterinary; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D010052:Ovariectomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000662:veterinary*