title: Endoscopic-assisted resection of a pedunculated uterine leiomyoma with maximal tissue preservation in a cow and a mare.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report successful minimally invasive treatment of a uterine leiomyoma in a cow and a mare.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Limousine cow (n = 1), Thoroughbred mare (n = 1).
  
  
  METHODS
  A 10-year-old cow and an 18-year-old mare were presented for difficulties in breeding and infertility, respectively. Examination of the reproductive tract revealed the presence of a large mass attached to the uterine wall via a wide and short peduncle in both cases. The mass expanded into the uterine lumen in the mare and into the abdomen in the cow. Both masses were removed using a minimally invasive endoscopic approach and a vessel-sealing and dividing device.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Minimally invasive surgical resection of a subserosal and a submucosal leiomyoma with maximal sparing of uterine tissue resulted in a short convalescence period and apparent return to breeding function in a cow and a mare. Use of a vessel-sealing and dividing device provided excellent hemostasis and decreased tissue handling.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Leiomyoma with short, wide, and thick peduncles were treated successfully in a cow and a mare with minimally invasive endoscopic approaches aiming at maximal uterine tissue preservation.
authors.affiliation: UCD Veterinary Hospital, Large Animal Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland.
authors.forename: Wilfried
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schneeweiss
authors.forename: Lea
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Krump
authors.forename: Lucy
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Metcalfe
authors.forename: Eoin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: Marijke
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beltman
authors.forename: Hanne
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jahns
authors.forename: Florent
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: David
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006736:Horses; D015907:Hysteroscopy / Q000662:veterinary; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000662:veterinary; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*