For the treatment of chylothorax, the most common procedure is a thoracic duct ligation; however, recurrence of the issue is often common, generally due to the incomplete ligation of all thoracic duct tributaries. Therefore, accurate localisation of the thoracic duct tributaries is required to...

Compare the effect of surgical treatment and conservative treatment of cat idiopathic chylothorax under thoracoscopy. Cats with idiopathic chylothorax are treated in two ways. Conservative treatment is to place a thoracic catheter for daily suction of pleural effusion, while taking rutin drugs and...

This second edition contains 39 new and updated chapters divided into 7 sections on the skills, equipment, fundamental techniques and surgical procedures for laparoscopy, thoracoscopy and exoscopy for different medical conditions dogs and cats. Access to a companion website featuring video clips of ...

Practical relevance: Thoracoscopy provides a minimally invasive means of diagnosis and offers many important benefits when compared with open thoracotomy. Clinical challenges: The expense of the equipment, the steep learning curve required to gain proficiency in thoracoscopic surgery, and the...

Thoracoscopy is a minimally invasive surgical technique with low morbidity and enabling rapid postoperative recovery. Thoracoscopy is used in veterinary medicine for direct observation of the pleural cavity and intrathoracic structures, and biopsies and interventional procedures. Knowledge of the...

Especially within thoracic surgery, minimally invasive surgery, and namely thoracoscopy, provides great advantages to veterinary patients. Opening of the chest is commonly considered to be a very painful procedure and therefore, often declined. Nevertheless, the readiness to perform a thoracoscopy...

This article describes the diagnostic and surgical value of thoracoscopy in cats and dogs, including subtotal pericardiectomy, lung lobectomy, removal of right atrial tumours, correction of anomalies of the vascular ring, ligation of persistent ductus arteriosus and the thoracic duct and to help in ...

Objective: Thoracoscopy is a minimally invasive endoscopic technique which allows visualization of the thorax. In contrary to human medicine only few veterinary publications on thoracoscopy and endoscopic surgery in the thoracic cavity can be found. Exact knowledge of anatomy is a must in doing ...

A 5-year old male domestic shorthair cat was referred for respiratory distress associated with pyothorax diagnosed by the referring veterinarian. Two chest tubes were put in place under general anaesthesia. After 6 days of medical treatment, one drain remained actively productive and a CT scan was...

Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is an evolving modality in the treatment and management of a variety of pathologies affecting dogs and cats. Representative disease processes include pericardial effusion, pericardial neoplasia, cranial mediastinal neoplasia, vascular ring anomaly, pulmonary...