Mayhew Philipp D, Dunn Marilyn, Berent Allyson
University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
Compend Contin Educ Vet. 2013 Feb;35(2):E1.
Thoracoscopy is gaining popularity in small animal surgery as an alternative to thoracotomy for an increasing variety of cases. This article discusses the details of some of the most frequently performed thoracoscopic procedures in small animal practice: diagnostic biopsy of pleural, mediastinal, pericardial, and lung tissue; thoracoscopic pericardial window creation and subphrenic pericardectomy; lung lobectomy; thoracic duct ligation; and cranial mediastinal mass resection. A companion article that presented the instrumentation, anesthesia challenges, and approaches for thoracoscopic procedures in small animals was published in the January 2013 issue.
作为开胸术的替代方法，胸腔镜检查在小动物手术中越来越受欢迎，适用于越来越多的病例。本文讨论了小动物临床实践中一些最常进行的胸腔镜手术的细节：胸膜、纵隔、心包和肺组织的诊断性活检；胸腔镜心包开窗术和膈下心包切除术；肺叶切除术；胸导管结扎术；以及前纵隔肿块切除术。2013年1月期发表了一篇配套文章，介绍了小动物胸腔镜手术的器械、麻醉挑战和手术方法。
