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LAPAROSCOPIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN SIX DOGS
Author(s) -
SPINELLA GIUSEPPE,
VALENTINI SIMONA,
SPADARI ALESSANDRO,
FEDRIGO MARIO
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
veterinary radiology and ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.541
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1740-8261
pISSN - 1058-8183
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2006.00141.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ultrasonography , cannula , laparoscopy , radiology , abdomen , abdominal cavity , ultrasound , surgery
The aim of this study was to describe the technique of laparoscopic ultrasonography in six dogs with intraabdominal disease. Investigation of the abdominal cavity was undertaken initially in each dog by laparoscopy alone. After exploration and visualization of a diseased organ, a 7.5 MHz microconvex ultrasound probe was introduced into the abdomen through a laparoscopic cannula for videoguided ultrasound examination. Laparoscopic ultrasonography allows core biopsy or needle aspiration to be performed by guiding the needle into nonsuperficial lesions, where videoendoscopic guidance alone is not enough. In addition, color Doppler ultrasonography is useful to examine the vascular pattern to minimize or eliminate complications when a biopsy is performed.