Section I Laparoscopic Skills and Instrumentation -- History of Laparoscopy -- Fundamental Laparoscopic Skills -- Suturing and Knot-Tying Techniques -- Fundamentals of Energy Sources -- Imaging Equipment and the Operating Room -- Instruments -- Section II Laparoscopy in the Standing Horse -- Sedation and Analgesia in the Standing Horse -- Dietary Approaches to Optimize the Feed Restriction Period before Laparoscopic Surgery in Horses -- Laparoscopic Diagnostic Techniques -- Evaluation of Horses with Signs of Acute and Chronic Abdominal Pain -- Standing Laparoscopic Exploration of the Small Intestines -- Closure of the Nephrosplenic Space -- Laparoscopic Foramen Epiploicum Mesh Closure (FEMC) Technique -- Laparoscopic Adhesiolysis -- Mesenteric Rent Repair -- Standing Cryptorchidectomy -- Techniques for Preventing the Recurrence of Acquired Strangulating Inguinal Herniation in the Stallion -- Direct Closure of the Vaginal Ring Using Cyanoacrylate and Sutures or Tacks -- Laparoscopic Intersex Gonadectomy -- Bilateral Ovariectomy in the Mare -- Bilateral Ovariectomy as a Treatment for Chronic Pyometra -- Ovariectomy for the Removal of Large Pathologic Ovaries in Mares -- Laparoscopic Imbrication of the Mesometrium to Restore Normal, Horizontal Orientation of the Uterus -- Laparoscopic Repair of Uterine Tears -- Nephrectomy -- Standing Laparoscopic Repair of the Ruptured Equine Bladder -- Ureteral Osteoplasty for Ectopic Ureter -- Equine Thoracoscopy -- Thoracoscopic Repair of Diaphragmatic Hernias -- Section IIa Two-Stage Procedures -- Laparoscopic-assisted Surgery for Treatment of Extended Septic Funiculitis -- Large Granulosa Cell Tumors (Two Stage) -- Laparoscopic-assisted Ovariohysterectomy (Two-step) in the Mare -- Section III Laparoscopy in the Recumbent Horse -- 33 General Anesthesia in the Recumbent Horse -- Mesh Incisional Hernioplasty -- Recumbent Cryptorchidectomy -- Inguinal Hernioplasty -- Ventral Abdominal Approach for Recumbent: Bilateral Laparoscopic Ovariectomy -- Laparoscopic- and Endoscopic-assisted Removal of Cystic Calculi -- Hand-assisted Laparoscopy.