• This comprehensive atlas and textbook on minimal invasive surgery of the horse offers state-of-the-art advice from the experts. The authors present step-by step-descriptions of the most important surgery techniques in equine practice. This includes surgery of the upper respiratory tract, thorax, abdomen, and pelvic cavity. The book discusses the indications, advantages, and risks of all procedures. The authors are well known equine surgeons from university and field practice. They present innovative techniques with a profound knowledge of practicability.

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    Preface

    1. Methodological basics of minimally invasive surgery

    2. Minimally invasive surgical procedures in the upper respiratory tract

    3. Thoracoscopy

    4. Laparoscopy

    5. Endoscopic procedures in the urinary tract

    6. Hysteroscopy Index

  • Michael Roecken, DVM, PhD, is head of a large equine clinic in Southern Germany. He teaches minimally-invasive surgery at the University in Giessen, Germany.

    Bernhard Ohnesorge

    Is professor at the equine clinic of the University in Hannover, Germany.

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