Techniques and suturing used in laparoscopic surgery in animals : review

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This review aimed to highlight on laparoscopic suturing techniques and difficulties of these techniques to the surgeon either the instruments used to release these difficulties.

The researches confirm that the laparoscopic surgery were more appropriate when compared with conventional open surgery in veterinary medicine, because early recovery due to smaller surgical sites, earlier healing, lower post-operative illness, reduce postoperative pain, lesser infection rate, and the early return to activity.

But need more practice and training to increase this skill.

One of the most laparoscopic surgeon challenges are suturing and knot tying, so the solution of this problem was more practice and training either, special suture techniques and devices that have discovered by Surgeons and researches to release these difficulties like Side winding technique, barbed sutures, Mechanical Suturing Devices (Endostitch) device, and Mechanical stapling device.

The conclusions of this review, the laparoscopic surgery had more advantage than open surgery with low morbidity to the patient.

Same suture material and pattern were used in traditional and laparoscopic surgery.