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Fig. 6.26 Thoracoscopic visualisation of a chest-drain placement at the
end of thoracoscopy. Note that this is not inserted via a port site. The
small-gauge drain is simply used to drain the pneumothorax, and an
indwelling drain is not needed for most procedures.

species. This website has numerous videos and pictures, and useful hand-
outs and documents that can be downloaded, including the veterinary
endosurgery safety checklist.
www.websurg.com This is a human endosurgery website. There are
a large number of surgery videos which are useful in demonstrating
techniques, although unfortunately the majority of common human pro-
cedures are very different to those commonly performed in companion
animal veterinary practice.

Further reading

Cantwell, S.L., Duke, T., Walsh, P.J., Remedios, A.M., Walker, D. and Ferguson,
J.G. (2000) One-lung versus two-lung ventilation in the closed-chest anesthe-
tized dog: a comparison of cardiopulmonary parameters. Veterinary Surgery
29, 365–373.
McCarthy, T.C. and Monnet, E. (2005) Diagnostic and operative thoracoscopy.
In Veterinary Endoscopy for the Small Animal Practitioner, McCarthy, T.C.
(ed.), pp. 229–278. Elsevier Saunders, St Louis, MO.
Radlinsky, M.G. (2009) Complications and need for conversion from thoracos-
copy to thoracotomy in small animals. Veterinary Clinics of North America,
Small Animal Practice 39, 977–984.

References

Adamiak, Z., Holak, P. and Piórek, A. (2008) Thoracoscopic biopsy of lung
tumors using a Roeder’s loop in dogs. Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences
11, 75–77.