LAPAROSCOPIC REPAIR OF SCROTAL HERNIA IN 2 FOALS

Nonstrangulating indirect scrotal hernias were corrected in two 4-week -old Percheron foals by a laparoscopic technique. After laparoscopic r eduction of herniated nonstrangulated small intestine each testes was retracted through the vaginal ring. The Ligament or the tail of the ep ididymis was transected by electrocautery. The testicular vessels and nerves were isolated by cautery of the mesenteric portion of the mesor chium and then Ligated. Staples were used to close the opening of the inguinal canal by apposing the peritoneal edges of the vaginal ring. R esection of umbilical stalk remnants via celiotomy performed in one fo al after laparoscopic observation of enlargement of the right umbilica l artery and urachus. No complications or recurrence of herniation had occurred 16 weeks after surgery. (C) Copyright 1996 by The American C ollege of Veterinary Surgeons