148548 20250123145735.0 doi 10.1136/vr.105396 sideral 114958 ART-2019-114958 eng Vitoria, Arantza Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-1286-4968 Application of a laparoscopic technique for vasectomy in standing horses 2019 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted This report describes a technique for standing laparoscopic vasectomy in stallions through a prospective descriptive study. A preliminary study was carried out with two experimental intact male horses and subsequently the procedure was performed in two clinical cases. These horse owners want to keep their animals in the most possible natural way, preserving its stallion behaviour in a herd without generating offspring. The horses were sedated and restrained in stocks and laparoscopic vasectomy was performed using three portal sites in both paralumbar fossae recording surgical times. A 4-cm segment of each ductus deferens (DD) was occluded with laparoscopic vessel sealing devices and subsequently excised. Semen collection was performed using an artificial vagina before the laparoscopic procedure and at 15 and 60 days postoperatively. Sexual behaviour and spermiogram were analysed. Two months after vasectomy, control laparoscopy was performed in experimental horses to assess the surgical site. Bilateral vasectomy could be performed without intraoperative complications in a mean surgical time of 20 min per DD. Success of the procedure was confirmed in all cases by azoospermic ejaculates 60 days after vasectomy. This is the first time that the technique for laparoscopic vasectomy is described in horses. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess All rights reserved http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 2.442 2019 VETERINARY SCIENCES 10 / 141 = 0.071 2019 Q1 T1 0.356 2019 Veterinary (miscellaneous) 2019 Q2 Medicine (miscellaneous) 2019 Q3 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Romero, Antonio Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-7188-0461 Fuente, Sara Universidad de Zaragoza Barrachina, Laura Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-9818-508X Vazquez, Francisco José Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-8712-2275 1001 420 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Anatom.,Embri.Genét.Ani. Área Genética 1009 617 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Patología Animal Área Medicina y Cirugía Animal 185, 11 (2019), 1-8 Vet. rec. Veterinary Record 0042-4900 599376 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/148548/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 3092938 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/148548/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:148548 articulos driver 2025-01-23-14:55:13 ARTICLE